#162E4A#162E4A

#162E4A is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 29.7% C 0.059 H 253.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162E4A
RGB	rgb(22, 46, 74)
HSL	hsl(212, 54%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(212, 70%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 37.8%, 0%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.45, 1.08, -20.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.45, 20.18, 273.06°)
OKLab	oklab(29.7% -0.0168 -0.057)
OKLCH	oklch(29.7% 0.059 253.6)
XYZ	xyz(2.5435, 2.6187, 6.8487)
Luminance	0.0262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162E4A #4A3216

analogous

#16484A #162E4A #18164A

triadic

#162E4A #4A162E #2E4A16

tetradic

#162E4A #4A1648 #4A3216 #164A18

square

#162E4A #4A1648 #4A3216 #164A18

split-complementary

#162E4A #4A1816 #484A16

monochromatic

#070F18 #08111B #162E4A #244B79 #3269A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.78

#162E4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#162E4A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162E4A

13.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162E4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162E4A	1.00	13.78	1.52	13.78
#FFFFFF	13.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#22304B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B2B49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003438

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162e4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 46, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.7% 0.059 253.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#59667c',
    500: '#162e4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162e4a;
$custom-light: #59667c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162e4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.308,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 18.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29698,
    "c": 0.05948,
    "h": 253.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162E4A

secondary

#82613A

accent

#9A4ADE

background

#F5F6F7

surface

#E9EBEE

border

#C5C6C9

text

#040509

muted

#797A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #162E4A

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

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