#162E40#162E40

#162E40 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 29.1% C 0.045 H 242.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162E40
RGB	rgb(22, 46, 64)
HSL	hsl(206, 49%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(206, 66%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 28.1%, 0%, 74.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.89, -2.89, -14.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.89, 14.48, 258.48°)
OKLab	oklab(29.08% -0.0204 -0.0398)
OKLCH	oklch(29.08% 0.045 242.8)
XYZ	xyz(2.2329, 2.4945, 5.2133)
Luminance	0.0249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162E40 #402816

analogous

#16403D #162E40 #161940

triadic

#162E40 #40162E #2E4016

tetradic

#162E40 #3D1640 #402816 #194016

square

#162E40 #3D1640 #402816 #194016

split-complementary

#162E40 #401619 #403D16

monochromatic

#081017 #081017 #162E40 #264F6E #356F9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.01

#162E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.50

#162E40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162E40

14.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162E40	1.00	14.01	1.50	14.01
#FFFFFF	14.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#262E41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#202A40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003234

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 46, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.1% 0.045 242.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#576675',
    500: '#162e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162e40;
$custom-light: #576675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.714,
    "s": 48.837,
    "l": 16.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2908,
    "c": 0.04471,
    "h": 242.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162E40

secondary

#77553B

accent

#8A4FD8

background

#F5F6F7

surface

#E9EBED

border

#C5C6C8

text

#030608

muted

#787A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #162E40

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

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