#162D3B#162D3B

#162D3B is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 28.5% C 0.039 H 237.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162D3B
RGB	rgb(22, 45, 59)
HSL	hsl(203, 46%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(203, 63%, 23%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 23.7%, 0%, 76.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.29, -4.11, -11.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.29, 12.38, 250.62°)
OKLab	oklab(28.52% -0.0211 -0.0326)
OKLCH	oklch(28.52% 0.039 237)
XYZ	xyz(2.0584, 2.3629, 4.4844)
Luminance	0.0236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162D3B #3B2416

analogous

#163B36 #162D3B #161A3B

triadic

#162D3B #3B162D #2D3B16

tetradic

#162D3B #36163B #3B2416 #1A3B16

square

#162D3B #36163B #3B2416 #1A3B16

split-complementary

#162D3B #3B161A #3B3616

monochromatic

#081116 #081116 #162D3B #274F68 #377194

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.26

#162D3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#162D3B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162D3B

14.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162D3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162D3B	1.00	14.26	1.47	14.26
#FFFFFF	14.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#272D3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#21293B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#013132

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162d3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 45, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.5% 0.039 237.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#576571',
    500: '#162d3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162d3b;
$custom-light: #576571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162d3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.703,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 15.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28517,
    "c": 0.03883,
    "h": 237
  },
  "luminance": 0.02363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162D3B

secondary

#72503B

accent

#8452D5

background

#F5F6F6

surface

#E9EBEC

border

#C5C6C7

text

#030507

muted

#787A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #162D3B

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

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