#163B49#163B49

#163B49 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 33.2% C 0.048 H 226.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#163B49
RGB	rgb(22, 59, 73)
HSL	hsl(196, 54%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(196, 70%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 19.2%, 0%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.93, -8.09, -12.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.93, 14.89, 237.08°)
OKLab	oklab(33.23% -0.0337 -0.0349)
OKLCH	oklch(33.23% 0.048 226)
XYZ	xyz(3.0970, 3.7792, 6.8683)
Luminance	0.0378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#163B49 #492416

analogous

#16493D #163B49 #162149

triadic

#163B49 #49163B #3B4916

tetradic

#163B49 #3D1649 #492416 #214916

square

#163B49 #3D1649 #492416 #214916

split-complementary

#163B49 #491621 #493D16

monochromatic

#071318 #08151A #163B49 #246178 #3287A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.96

#163B49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#163B49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #163B49

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##163B49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##163B49	1.00	11.96	1.76	11.96
#FFFFFF	11.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#333A4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C3449

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003F40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #163b49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 59, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.2% 0.048 226.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5a717b',
    500: '#163b49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #163b49;
$custom-light: #5a717b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#163b49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.471,
    "s": 53.684,
    "l": 18.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33225,
    "c": 0.04847,
    "h": 226
  },
  "luminance": 0.0378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#163B49

secondary

#804E3A

accent

#734BDD

background

#F5F6F7

surface

#E9ECEE

border

#C5C7C9

text

#040709

muted

#797A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #163B49

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

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