#162D3E#162D3E

#162D3E is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 28.7% C 0.043 H 242.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162D3E
RGB	rgb(22, 45, 62)
HSL	hsl(206, 48%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(206, 65%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 27.4%, 0%, 75.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.44, -2.97, -13.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.44, 13.84, 257.60°)
OKLab	oklab(28.69% -0.0199 -0.0378)
OKLCH	oklch(28.69% 0.043 242.3)
XYZ	xyz(2.1384, 2.3950, 4.9061)
Luminance	0.0239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162D3E #3E2716

analogous

#163E3B #162D3E #16193E

triadic

#162D3E #3E162D #2D3E16

tetradic

#162D3E #3B163E #3E2716 #193E16

square

#162D3E #3B163E #3E2716 #193E16

split-complementary

#162D3E #3E1619 #3E3B16

monochromatic

#081017 #081017 #162D3E #264E6B #366F98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.20

#162D3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#162D3E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162D3E

14.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162D3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162D3E	1.00	14.20	1.48	14.20
#FFFFFF	14.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#262D3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#20293E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003133

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162d3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 45, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.7% 0.043 242.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#576573',
    500: '#162d3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162d3e;
$custom-light: #576573;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162d3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.5,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 16.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28685,
    "c": 0.04275,
    "h": 242.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162D3E

secondary

#75543B

accent

#8A51D7

background

#F5F6F6

surface

#E9EBEC

border

#C5C6C7

text

#030508

muted

#787A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #162D3E

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

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