#163540#163540

#163540 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 31.1% C 0.042 H 223.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#163540
RGB	rgb(22, 53, 64)
HSL	hsl(196, 49%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(196, 66%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 17.2%, 0%, 74.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.39, -7.57, -10.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.39, 12.82, 233.78°)
OKLab	oklab(31.06% -0.0299 -0.0288)
OKLCH	oklch(31.06% 0.042 223.9)
XYZ	xyz(2.5290, 3.0867, 5.3120)
Luminance	0.0309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#163540 #402116

analogous

#164036 #163540 #162040

triadic

#163540 #401635 #354016

tetradic

#163540 #361640 #402116 #204016

square

#163540 #361640 #402116 #204016

split-complementary

#163540 #401620 #403616

monochromatic

#081317 #081317 #163540 #265B6E #35809B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.98

#163540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#163540 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #163540

12.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##163540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##163540	1.00	12.98	1.62	12.98
#FFFFFF	12.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F3441

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#292F40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003839

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #163540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 53, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.1% 0.042 223.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#586c74',
    500: '#163540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #163540;
$custom-light: #586c74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#163540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.714,
    "s": 48.837,
    "l": 16.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31062,
    "c": 0.04151,
    "h": 223.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#163540

secondary

#774A3B

accent

#734FD8

background

#F5F6F7

surface

#E9EBED

border

#C5C6C8

text

#030708

muted

#787A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #163540

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

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