#162F40#162F40

#162F40 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 29.4% C 0.044 H 240.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162F40
RGB	rgb(22, 47, 64)
HSL	hsl(204, 49%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(204, 66%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 26.6%, 0%, 74.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.25, -3.58, -13.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.25, 14.10, 255.29°)
OKLab	oklab(29.36% -0.0218 -0.0382)
OKLCH	oklch(29.36% 0.044 240.3)
XYZ	xyz(2.2725, 2.5736, 5.2265)
Luminance	0.0257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162F40 #402716

analogous

#16403C #162F40 #161A40

triadic

#162F40 #40162F #2F4016

tetradic

#162F40 #3C1640 #402716 #1A4016

square

#162F40 #3C1640 #402716 #1A4016

split-complementary

#162F40 #40161A #403C16

monochromatic

#081117 #081117 #162F40 #26506E #35729B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.86

#162F40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#162F40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162F40

13.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162F40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162F40	1.00	13.86	1.51	13.86
#FFFFFF	13.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#272F41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#222B40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003335

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162f40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 47, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.4% 0.044 240.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#576775',
    500: '#162f40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162f40;
$custom-light: #576775;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162f40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.286,
    "s": 48.837,
    "l": 16.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29361,
    "c": 0.04397,
    "h": 240.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162F40

secondary

#77533B

accent

#874FD8

background

#F5F6F7

surface

#E9EBED

border

#C5C6C8

text

#030608

muted

#787A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #162F40

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

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