#162E38#162E38

#162E38 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 28.6% C 0.035 H 227.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162E38
RGB	rgb(22, 46, 56)
HSL	hsl(198, 44%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(198, 61%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 17.9%, 0%, 78%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.51, -5.89, -9.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.51, 10.98, 237.53°)
OKLab	oklab(28.65% -0.0239 -0.0257)
OKLCH	oklch(28.65% 0.035 227)
XYZ	xyz(2.0214, 2.4099, 4.0993)
Luminance	0.0241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162E38 #382016

analogous

#163831 #162E38 #161D38

triadic

#162E38 #38162E #2E3816

tetradic

#162E38 #311638 #382016 #1D3816

square

#162E38 #311638 #382016 #1D3816

split-complementary

#162E38 #38161D #383116

monochromatic

#091216 #091216 #162E38 #275264 #397690

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.17

#162E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#162E38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162E38

14.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162E38	1.00	14.17	1.48	14.17
#FFFFFF	14.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#292D39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#242938

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#033131

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 46, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.6% 0.035 227.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#56666e',
    500: '#162e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162e38;
$custom-light: #56666e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.647,
    "s": 43.59,
    "l": 15.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28645,
    "c": 0.03512,
    "h": 227
  },
  "luminance": 0.0241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162E38

secondary

#6F4A3B

accent

#7A54D3

background

#F5F6F6

surface

#E9EBEB

border

#C5C6C6

text

#030607

muted

#787A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #162E38

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

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