#162D36#162D36

#162D36 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 28.3% C 0.033 H 225.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162D36
RGB	rgb(22, 45, 54)
HSL	hsl(197, 42%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(197, 59%, 21%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 16.7%, 0%, 78.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.05, -5.95, -8.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.05, 10.43, 235.23°)
OKLab	oklab(28.25% -0.0234 -0.0237)
OKLCH	oklch(28.25% 0.033 225.4)
XYZ	xyz(1.9349, 2.3135, 3.8339)
Luminance	0.0231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162D36 #361F16

analogous

#16362F #162D36 #161D36

triadic

#162D36 #36162D #2D3616

tetradic

#162D36 #2F1636 #361F16 #1D3616

square

#162D36 #2F1636 #361F16 #1D3616

split-complementary

#162D36 #36161D #362F16

monochromatic

#091216 #091216 #162D36 #285161 #39758D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.36

#162D36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#162D36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162D36

14.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162D36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162D36	1.00	14.36	1.46	14.36
#FFFFFF	14.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#282C36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#232836

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#053030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162d36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 45, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.3% 0.033 225.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#56656d',
    500: '#162d36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162d36;
$custom-light: #56656d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162d36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.875,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 14.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28254,
    "c": 0.03334,
    "h": 225.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162D36

secondary

#6D493B

accent

#7956D2

background

#F5F6F6

surface

#E9EBEB

border

#C5C6C6

text

#030507

muted

#787A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #162D36

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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