#162D4A#162D4A

#162D4A is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 29.4% C 0.061 H 255.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162D4A
RGB	rgb(22, 45, 74)
HSL	hsl(213, 54%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(213, 70%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 39.2%, 0%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.11, 1.79, -20.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.11, 20.76, 274.94°)
OKLab	oklab(29.43% -0.0156 -0.0586)
OKLCH	oklch(29.43% 0.061 255.1)
XYZ	xyz(2.5048, 2.5415, 6.8358)
Luminance	0.0254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162D4A #4A3316

analogous

#16474A #162D4A #19164A

triadic

#162D4A #4A162D #2D4A16

tetradic

#162D4A #4A1647 #4A3316 #164A19

square

#162D4A #4A1647 #4A3316 #164A19

split-complementary

#162D4A #4A1916 #474A16

monochromatic

#070E18 #08101B #162D4A #244A79 #3266A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.92

#162D4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#162D4A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162D4A

13.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162D4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162D4A	1.00	13.92	1.51	13.92
#FFFFFF	13.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#202F4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#192A49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003438

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162d4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 45, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.4% 0.061 255.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#59657c',
    500: '#162d4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162d4a;
$custom-light: #59657c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162d4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.462,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 18.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2943,
    "c": 0.06067,
    "h": 255.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162D4A

secondary

#82623A

accent

#9C4ADE

background

#F5F6F7

surface

#E9EBEE

border

#C5C6C9

text

#040509

muted

#797A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #162D4A

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

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