#162E4F#162E4F

#162E4F is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 30.0% C 0.067 H 256.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162E4F
RGB	rgb(22, 46, 79)
HSL	hsl(215, 56%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(215, 72%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 41.8%, 0%, 69%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.75, 3.12, -23.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.75, 23.25, 277.71°)
OKLab	oklab(30.04% -0.0153 -0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(30.04% 0.067 256.8)
XYZ	xyz(2.7186, 2.6888, 7.7713)
Luminance	0.0269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162E4F #4F3716

analogous

#164B4F #162E4F #1B164F

triadic

#162E4F #4F162E #2E4F16

tetradic

#162E4F #4F164B #4F3716 #164F1B

square

#162E4F #4F164B #4F3716 #164F1B

split-complementary

#162E4F #4F1B16 #4B4F16

monochromatic

#070E18 #09121F #162E4F #234A7F #3166AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.66

#162E4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#162E4F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162E4F

13.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162E4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162E4F	1.00	13.66	1.54	13.66
#FFFFFF	13.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F3150

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#172B4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00363A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162e4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 46, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.0% 0.067 256.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5a6680',
    500: '#162e4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162e4f;
$custom-light: #5a6680;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162e4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.737,
    "s": 56.436,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30035,
    "c": 0.06729,
    "h": 256.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162E4F

secondary

#86663A

accent

#A048E0

background

#F5F6F7

surface

#E9EBEE

border

#C5C6C9

text

#04050A

muted

#797A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #162E4F

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

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