#162E2B#162E2B

#162E2B is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 28.1% C 0.031 H 185.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162E2B
RGB	rgb(22, 46, 43)
HSL	hsl(173, 35%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(173, 52%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.2%, 0%, 6.5%, 82%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.98, -10.30, -1.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.98, 10.35, 185.53°)
OKLab	oklab(28.05% -0.0306 -0.0028)
OKLCH	oklch(28.05% 0.031 185.3)
XYZ	xyz(1.7437, 2.2988, 2.6369)
Luminance	0.0230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162E2B #2E1619

analogous

#162E1F #162E2B #16252E

triadic

#162E2B #2B162E #2E2B16

tetradic

#162E2B #1F162E #2E1619 #252E16

square

#162E2B #1F162E #2E1619 #252E16

split-complementary

#162E2B #2E1625 #2E1F16

monochromatic

#0A1513 #0A1513 #162E2B #2A5752 #3E8178

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.39

#162E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#162E2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162E2B

14.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162E2B	1.00	14.39	1.46	14.39
#FFFFFF	14.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C2C2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#28292B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0C2F2D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 46, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.1% 0.031 185.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#556664',
    500: '#162e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162e2b;
$custom-light: #556664;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.5,
    "s": 35.294,
    "l": 13.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28053,
    "c": 0.03073,
    "h": 185.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162E2B

secondary

#643C41

accent

#5C6ACB

background

#F5F6F5

surface

#E9EBEA

border

#C5C6C6

text

#030605

muted

#787A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #162E2B

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

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