#162E23#162E23

#162E23 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 27.8% C 0.037 H 162.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162E23
RGB	rgb(22, 46, 35)
HSL	hsl(153, 35%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(153, 52%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.2%, 0%, 23.9%, 82%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.73, -12.63, 4.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.73, 13.31, 161.59°)
OKLab	oklab(27.76% -0.0351 0.0108)
OKLCH	oklch(27.76% 0.037 162.9)
XYZ	xyz(1.6111, 2.2458, 1.9384)
Luminance	0.0225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162E23 #2E1621

analogous

#162E17 #162E23 #162D2E

triadic

#162E23 #23162E #2E2316

tetradic

#162E23 #17162E #2E1621 #2D2E16

square

#162E23 #17162E #2E1621 #2D2E16

split-complementary

#162E23 #2E162D #2E1716

monochromatic

#0A1510 #0A1510 #162E23 #2A5742 #3E8162

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.49

#162E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#162E23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162E23

14.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162E23	1.00	14.49	1.45	14.49
#FFFFFF	14.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D2B22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#292824

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0F2E2B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 46, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.8% 0.037 162.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#55675d',
    500: '#162e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162e23;
$custom-light: #55675d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.5,
    "s": 35.294,
    "l": 13.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27762,
    "c": 0.03677,
    "h": 162.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162E23

secondary

#643C4E

accent

#5C8FCB

background

#F4F6F5

surface

#E8EBE9

border

#C4C6C5

text

#030604

muted

#787A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #162E23

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

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