#163B56#163B56

#163B56 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 34.0% C 0.063 H 243.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#163B56
RGB	rgb(22, 59, 86)
HSL	hsl(205, 59%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(205, 74%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 31.4%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.57, -3.06, -20.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.57, 20.34, 261.35°)
OKLab	oklab(33.95% -0.0284 -0.0568)
OKLCH	oklch(33.95% 0.063 243.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.5739, 3.9700, 9.3802)
Luminance	0.0397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#163B56 #563116

analogous

#165651 #163B56 #161B56

triadic

#163B56 #56163B #3B5616

tetradic

#163B56 #511656 #563116 #1B5616

square

#163B56 #511656 #563116 #1B5616

split-complementary

#163B56 #56161B #565116

monochromatic

#061118 #0A1A25 #163B56 #225C87 #2F7EB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.71

#163B56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#163B56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #163B56

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##163B56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##163B56	1.00	11.71	1.79	11.71
#FFFFFF	11.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F3C57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#263555

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004244

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #163b56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 59, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.0% 0.063 243.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c7085',
    500: '#163b56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #163b56;
$custom-light: #5c7085;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#163b56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.313,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3395,
    "c": 0.06348,
    "h": 243.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#163B56

secondary

#8D5D3A

accent

#8845E2

background

#F5F6F8

surface

#E9ECEF

border

#C5C7CA

text

#04070B

muted

#797A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #163B56

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

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