#163848#163848

#163848 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 32.3% C 0.048 H 231.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#163848
RGB	rgb(22, 56, 72)
HSL	hsl(199, 53%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(199, 69%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 22.2%, 0%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.82, -6.53, -13.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.82, 15.03, 244.22°)
OKLab	oklab(32.33% -0.0303 -0.0378)
OKLCH	oklch(32.33% 0.048 231.3)
XYZ	xyz(2.9143, 3.4665, 6.6452)
Luminance	0.0347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#163848 #482616

analogous

#16483F #163848 #161F48

triadic

#163848 #481638 #384816

tetradic

#163848 #3F1648 #482616 #1F4816

square

#163848 #3F1648 #482616 #1F4816

split-complementary

#163848 #48161F #483F16

monochromatic

#071217 #081419 #163848 #245C77 #3381A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.40

#163848 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#163848 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #163848

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##163848	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##163848	1.00	12.40	1.69	12.40
#FFFFFF	12.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#303749

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#293248

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003C3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #163848;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 56, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.3% 0.048 231.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#596e7b',
    500: '#163848',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #163848;
$custom-light: #596e7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#163848",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.2,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 18.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32329,
    "c": 0.04846,
    "h": 231.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#163848

secondary

#7F503A

accent

#7A4BDD

background

#F5F6F7

surface

#E9EBED

border

#C5C6C8

text

#040709

muted

#797A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #163848

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

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