#163255#163255

#163255 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 31.5% C 0.072 H 255.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#163255
RGB	rgb(22, 50, 85)
HSL	hsl(213, 59%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(213, 74%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 41.2%, 0%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.47, 2.74, -24.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.47, 24.49, 276.43°)
OKLab	oklab(31.49% -0.0183 -0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(31.49% 0.072 255.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.1106, 3.1073, 9.0284)
Luminance	0.0311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#163255 #553916

analogous

#165155 #163255 #191655

triadic

#163255 #551632 #325516

tetradic

#163255 #551651 #553916 #165519

square

#163255 #551651 #553916 #165519

split-complementary

#163255 #551916 #515516

monochromatic

#060E18 #091524 #163255 #234F86 #2F6BB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.95

#163255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#163255 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #163255

12.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##163255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##163255	1.00	12.95	1.62	12.95
#FFFFFF	12.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#223556

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#192F54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003A3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #163255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 50, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.5% 0.072 255.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c6985',
    500: '#163255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #163255;
$custom-light: #5c6985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#163255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.333,
    "s": 58.879,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31494,
    "c": 0.07162,
    "h": 255.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#163255

secondary

#8C683A

accent

#9D46E2

background

#F5F6F8

surface

#E9EBEF

border

#C5C6CA

text

#04060B

muted

#797A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #163255

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

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