#163C4E#163C4E

#163C4E is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 33.8% C 0.053 H 231.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#163C4E
RGB	rgb(22, 60, 78)
HSL	hsl(199, 56%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(199, 72%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 23.1%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.51, -6.85, -14.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.51, 16.41, 245.35°)
OKLab	oklab(33.77% -0.0327 -0.0418)
OKLCH	oklch(33.77% 0.053 231.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.3213, 3.9520, 7.7940)
Luminance	0.0395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#163C4E #4E2816

analogous

#164E44 #163C4E #16204E

triadic

#163C4E #4E163C #3C4E16

tetradic

#163C4E #44164E #4E2816 #204E16

square

#163C4E #44164E #4E2816 #204E16

split-complementary

#163C4E #4E1620 #4E4416

monochromatic

#071218 #09171E #163C4E #23617E #3185AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.73

#163C4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#163C4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #163C4E

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##163C4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##163C4E	1.00	11.73	1.79	11.73
#FFFFFF	11.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#333B4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B364E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004142

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #163c4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 60, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.8% 0.053 231.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5b717f',
    500: '#163c4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #163c4e;
$custom-light: #5b717f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#163c4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.286,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33769,
    "c": 0.05309,
    "h": 231.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#163C4E

secondary

#85523A

accent

#7949DF

background

#F5F6F7

surface

#E9ECEE

border

#C5C7C9

text

#04070A

muted

#797A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #163C4E

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

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