#163040#163040

#163040 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 29.6% C 0.043 H 237.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#163040
RGB	rgb(22, 48, 64)
HSL	hsl(203, 49%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(203, 66%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 25%, 0%, 74.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.60, -4.26, -13.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.60, 13.76, 251.97°)
OKLab	oklab(29.64% -0.0232 -0.0366)
OKLCH	oklch(29.64% 0.043 237.7)
XYZ	xyz(2.3129, 2.6544, 5.2400)
Luminance	0.0266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#163040 #402616

analogous

#16403B #163040 #161B40

triadic

#163040 #401630 #304016

tetradic

#163040 #3B1640 #402616 #1B4016

square

#163040 #3B1640 #402616 #1B4016

split-complementary

#163040 #40161B #403B16

monochromatic

#081117 #081117 #163040 #26526E #35749B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.72

#163040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#163040 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #163040

13.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##163040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##163040	1.00	13.72	1.53	13.72
#FFFFFF	13.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#293041

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#232B40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003435

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #163040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 48, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.6% 0.043 237.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#586874',
    500: '#163040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #163040;
$custom-light: #586874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#163040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.857,
    "s": 48.837,
    "l": 16.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29642,
    "c": 0.04332,
    "h": 237.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#163040

secondary

#77523B

accent

#844FD8

background

#F5F6F7

surface

#E9EBED

border

#C5C6C8

text

#030608

muted

#787A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #163040

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

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