#162D3C#162D3C

#162D3C is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 28.6% C 0.040 H 238.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162D3C
RGB	rgb(22, 45, 60)
HSL	hsl(204, 46%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(204, 63%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 25%, 0%, 76.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.34, -3.73, -12.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.34, 12.85, 253.11°)
OKLab	oklab(28.57% -0.0207 -0.0343)
OKLCH	oklch(28.57% 0.04 238.9)
XYZ	xyz(2.0846, 2.3734, 4.6223)
Luminance	0.0237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162D3C #3C2516

analogous

#163C38 #162D3C #161A3C

triadic

#162D3C #3C162D #2D3C16

tetradic

#162D3C #38163C #3C2516 #1A3C16

square

#162D3C #38163C #3C2516 #1A3C16

split-complementary

#162D3C #3C161A #3C3816

monochromatic

#081116 #081116 #162D3C #264F69 #377096

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.24

#162D3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#162D3C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162D3C

14.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162D3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162D3C	1.00	14.24	1.47	14.24
#FFFFFF	14.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#262D3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#21293C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003132

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162d3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 45, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.6% 0.040 238.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#576571',
    500: '#162d3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162d3c;
$custom-light: #576571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162d3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.684,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 16.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28573,
    "c": 0.0401,
    "h": 238.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162D3C

secondary

#73513B

accent

#8652D6

background

#F5F6F6

surface

#E9EBEC

border

#C5C6C7

text

#030507

muted

#787A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #162D3C

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

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