#162E4E#162E4E

#162E4E is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 30.0% C 0.066 H 256.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162E4E
RGB	rgb(22, 46, 78)
HSL	hsl(214, 56%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(214, 72%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 41%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.69, 2.71, -22.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.69, 22.63, 276.87°)
OKLab	oklab(29.97% -0.0156 -0.0638)
OKLCH	oklch(29.97% 0.066 256.2)
XYZ	xyz(2.6825, 2.6744, 7.5811)
Luminance	0.0267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162E4E #4E3616

analogous

#164A4E #162E4E #1A164E

triadic

#162E4E #4E162E #2E4E16

tetradic

#162E4E #4E164A #4E3616 #164E1A

square

#162E4E #4E164A #4E3616 #164E1A

split-complementary

#162E4E #4E1A16 #4A4E16

monochromatic

#070E18 #09121E #162E4E #234A7E #3166AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.68

#162E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#162E4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162E4E

13.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162E4E	1.00	13.68	1.54	13.68
#FFFFFF	13.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#20304F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#182B4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00353A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 46, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.0% 0.066 256.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5a6680',
    500: '#162e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162e4e;
$custom-light: #5a6680;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.286,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29966,
    "c": 0.06571,
    "h": 256.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162E4E

secondary

#85653A

accent

#9F49DF

background

#F5F6F7

surface

#E9EBEE

border

#C5C6C9

text

#04050A

muted

#797A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #162E4E

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

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