#162F42#162F42

#162F42 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 29.5% C 0.047 H 243.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162F42
RGB	rgb(22, 47, 66)
HSL	hsl(206, 50%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(206, 67%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 28.8%, 0%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.35, -2.81, -14.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.35, 15.11, 259.30°)
OKLab	oklab(29.48% -0.021 -0.0417)
OKLCH	oklch(29.48% 0.047 243.2)
XYZ	xyz(2.3304, 2.5967, 5.5316)
Luminance	0.0260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162F42 #422916

analogous

#16423F #162F42 #161942

triadic

#162F42 #42162F #2F4216

tetradic

#162F42 #3F1642 #422916 #194216

square

#162F42 #3F1642 #422916 #194216

split-complementary

#162F42 #421619 #423F16

monochromatic

#081017 #081017 #162F42 #255070 #35709E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.82

#162F42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#162F42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162F42

13.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162F42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162F42	1.00	13.82	1.52	13.82
#FFFFFF	13.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#272F43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#212B42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003436

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162f42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 47, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.5% 0.047 243.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#586776',
    500: '#162f42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162f42;
$custom-light: #586776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162f42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.909,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 17.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29476,
    "c": 0.04665,
    "h": 243.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162F42

secondary

#79563A

accent

#8A4EDA

background

#F5F6F7

surface

#E9EBED

border

#C5C6C8

text

#030608

muted

#787A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #162F42

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

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