#163138#163138

#163138 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 29.5% C 0.035 H 216.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#163138
RGB	rgb(22, 49, 56)
HSL	hsl(192, 44%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(192, 61%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 12.5%, 0%, 78%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.59, -7.87, -7.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.59, 10.94, 224.02°)
OKLab	oklab(29.51% -0.0282 -0.021)
OKLCH	oklch(29.51% 0.035 216.7)
XYZ	xyz(2.1427, 2.6525, 4.1397)
Luminance	0.0265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#163138 #381D16

analogous

#16382E #163138 #162038

triadic

#163138 #381631 #313816

tetradic

#163138 #2E1638 #381D16 #203816

square

#163138 #2E1638 #381D16 #203816

split-complementary

#163138 #381620 #382E16

monochromatic

#091316 #091316 #163138 #275764 #397E90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.72

#163138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#163138 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #163138

13.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##163138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##163138	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)

#2C3038

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#272C38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#023433

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #163138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 49, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.5% 0.035 216.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#56696e',
    500: '#163138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #163138;
$custom-light: #56696e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#163138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.353,
    "s": 43.59,
    "l": 15.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29514,
    "c": 0.03519,
    "h": 216.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#163138

secondary

#6F463B

accent

#6F54D3

background

#F5F6F6

surface

#E9EBEB

border

#C5C6C6

text

#030607

muted

#787A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #163138

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

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