#162D42#162D42

#162D42 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 28.9% C 0.048 H 247.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162D42
RGB	rgb(22, 45, 66)
HSL	hsl(209, 50%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(209, 67%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 31.8%, 0%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.65, -1.42, -15.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.65, 16.01, 264.92°)
OKLab	oklab(28.92% -0.0183 -0.0448)
OKLCH	oklch(28.92% 0.048 247.8)
XYZ	xyz(2.2523, 2.4405, 5.5056)
Luminance	0.0244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162D42 #422B16

analogous

#164241 #162D42 #161742

triadic

#162D42 #42162D #2D4216

tetradic

#162D42 #411642 #422B16 #174216

square

#162D42 #411642 #422B16 #174216

split-complementary

#162D42 #421617 #424116

monochromatic

#081017 #081017 #162D42 #254C70 #356C9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.11

#162D42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.49

#162D42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162D42

14.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162D42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162D42	1.00	14.11	1.49	14.11
#FFFFFF	14.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#242E43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E2942

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003234

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162d42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 45, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.9% 0.048 247.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#586576',
    500: '#162d42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162d42;
$custom-light: #586576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162d42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.636,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 17.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28921,
    "c": 0.04844,
    "h": 247.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162D42

secondary

#79583A

accent

#914EDA

background

#F5F6F7

surface

#E9EBED

border

#C5C6C8

text

#030508

muted

#787A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #162D42

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

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