#162F51#162F51

#162F51 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 30.4% C 0.069 H 256.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162F51
RGB	rgb(22, 47, 81)
HSL	hsl(215, 57%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(215, 73%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.8%, 42%, 0%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.21, 3.23, -23.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.21, 23.88, 277.77°)
OKLab	oklab(30.44% -0.016 -0.0673)
OKLCH	oklch(30.44% 0.069 256.7)
XYZ	xyz(2.8321, 2.7974, 8.1737)
Luminance	0.0280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162F51 #513816

analogous

#164D51 #162F51 #1A1651

triadic

#162F51 #51162F #2F5116

tetradic

#162F51 #51164D #513816 #16511A

square

#162F51 #51164D #513816 #16511A

split-complementary

#162F51 #511A16 #4D5116

monochromatic

#070E18 #091321 #162F51 #234B81 #3067B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.46

#162F51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56

#162F51 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162F51

13.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162F51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162F51	1.00	13.46	1.56	13.46
#FFFFFF	13.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#203252

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#172C50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00373C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162f51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 47, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.4% 0.069 256.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5b6782',
    500: '#162f51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162f51;
$custom-light: #5b6782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162f51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.576,
    "s": 57.282,
    "l": 20.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30435,
    "c": 0.06916,
    "h": 256.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162F51

secondary

#88673A

accent

#A047E1

background

#F5F6F7

surface

#E9EBEE

border

#C5C6C9

text

#04060A

muted

#797A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #162F51

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

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