#162D4B#162D4B

#162D4B is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 29.5% C 0.062 H 255.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162D4B
RGB	rgb(22, 45, 75)
HSL	hsl(214, 55%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(214, 71%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 40%, 0%, 70.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.17, 2.20, -21.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.17, 21.38, 275.89°)
OKLab	oklab(29.5% -0.0153 -0.0603)
OKLCH	oklch(29.5% 0.062 255.8)
XYZ	xyz(2.5388, 2.5551, 7.0146)
Luminance	0.0255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162D4B #4B3416

analogous

#16484B #162D4B #1A164B

triadic

#162D4B #4B162D #2D4B16

tetradic

#162D4B #4B1648 #4B3416 #164B1A

square

#162D4B #4B1648 #4B3416 #164B1A

split-complementary

#162D4B #4B1A16 #484B16

monochromatic

#070E18 #08111C #162D4B #24497A #3266AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.90

#162D4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#162D4B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162D4B

13.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162D4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162D4B	1.00	13.90	1.51	13.90
#FFFFFF	13.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#202F4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#192A4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003438

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162d4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 45, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.5% 0.062 255.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5a657d',
    500: '#162d4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162d4b;
$custom-light: #5a657d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162d4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.962,
    "s": 54.639,
    "l": 19.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29497,
    "c": 0.06224,
    "h": 255.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162D4B

secondary

#83633A

accent

#9E4ADE

background

#F5F6F7

surface

#E9EBEE

border

#C5C6C9

text

#040509

muted

#797A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #162D4B

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

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