#162E42#162E42

#162E42 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 29.2% C 0.048 H 245.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162E42
RGB	rgb(22, 46, 66)
HSL	hsl(207, 50%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(207, 67%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 30.3%, 0%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.00, -2.11, -15.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.00, 15.54, 262.18°)
OKLab	oklab(29.2% -0.0196 -0.0432)
OKLCH	oklch(29.2% 0.048 245.6)
XYZ	xyz(2.2909, 2.5177, 5.5184)
Luminance	0.0252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162E42 #422A16

analogous

#164240 #162E42 #161842

triadic

#162E42 #42162E #2E4216

tetradic

#162E42 #401642 #422A16 #184216

square

#162E42 #401642 #422A16 #184216

split-complementary

#162E42 #421618 #424016

monochromatic

#081017 #081017 #162E42 #254E70 #356E9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.97

#162E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.50

#162E42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162E42

13.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162E42	1.00	13.97	1.50	13.97
#FFFFFF	13.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#252E43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F2A42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003335

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 46, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.2% 0.048 245.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#586676',
    500: '#162e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162e42;
$custom-light: #586676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.273,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 17.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29198,
    "c": 0.0475,
    "h": 245.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162E42

secondary

#79573A

accent

#8E4EDA

background

#F5F6F7

surface

#E9EBED

border

#C5C6C8

text

#030608

muted

#787A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #162E42

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

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