#163B48#163B48

#163B48 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 33.2% C 0.048 H 224.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#163B48
RGB	rgb(22, 59, 72)
HSL	hsl(196, 53%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(196, 69%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 18.1%, 0%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.88, -8.47, -11.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.88, 14.60, 234.58°)
OKLab	oklab(33.17% -0.0341 -0.0332)
OKLCH	oklch(33.17% 0.048 224.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.0641, 3.7661, 6.6951)
Luminance	0.0377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#163B48 #482316

analogous

#16483C #163B48 #162248

triadic

#163B48 #48163B #3B4816

tetradic

#163B48 #3C1648 #482316 #224816

square

#163B48 #3C1648 #482316 #224816

split-complementary

#163B48 #481622 #483C16

monochromatic

#071317 #081519 #163B48 #246177 #3388A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.98

#163B48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#163B48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #163B48

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##163B48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##163B48	1.00	11.98	1.75	11.98
#FFFFFF	11.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#343A49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D3448

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003F3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #163b48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 59, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.2% 0.048 224.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5a717b',
    500: '#163b48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #163b48;
$custom-light: #5a717b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#163b48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.6,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 18.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33174,
    "c": 0.04759,
    "h": 224.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#163B48

secondary

#7F4C3A

accent

#714BDD

background

#F5F6F7

surface

#E9ECED

border

#C5C7C8

text

#040709

muted

#797A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #163B48

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

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