#162E37#162E37

#162E37 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 28.6% C 0.034 H 224.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162E37
RGB	rgb(22, 46, 55)
HSL	hsl(196, 43%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(196, 60%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 16.4%, 0%, 78.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.46, -6.25, -8.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.46, 10.66, 234.09°)
OKLab	oklab(28.59% -0.0244 -0.0239)
OKLCH	oklch(28.59% 0.034 224.5)
XYZ	xyz(1.9972, 2.4002, 3.9717)
Luminance	0.0240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162E37 #371F16

analogous

#163730 #162E37 #161D37

triadic

#162E37 #37162E #2E3716

tetradic

#162E37 #301637 #371F16 #1D3716

square

#162E37 #301637 #371F16 #1D3716

split-complementary

#162E37 #37161D #373016

monochromatic

#091216 #091216 #162E37 #275363 #39778E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.19

#162E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#162E37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162E37

14.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162E37	1.00	14.19	1.48	14.19
#FFFFFF	14.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#292D37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#242937

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#043131

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 46, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.6% 0.034 224.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#56666d',
    500: '#162e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162e37;
$custom-light: #56666d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 15.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28594,
    "c": 0.03418,
    "h": 224.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162E37

secondary

#6E493B

accent

#7755D3

background

#F5F6F6

surface

#E9EBEB

border

#C5C6C6

text

#030607

muted

#787A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #162E37

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

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