#163E4E#163E4E

#163E4E is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 34.3% C 0.052 H 227.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#163E4E
RGB	rgb(22, 62, 78)
HSL	hsl(197, 56%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(197, 72%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 20.5%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.21, -8.12, -13.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.21, 16.05, 239.58°)
OKLab	oklab(34.33% -0.0352 -0.0387)
OKLCH	oklch(34.33% 0.052 227.7)
XYZ	xyz(3.4281, 4.1655, 7.8296)
Luminance	0.0417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#163E4E #4E2616

analogous

#164E42 #163E4E #16224E

triadic

#163E4E #4E163E #3E4E16

tetradic

#163E4E #42164E #4E2616 #224E16

square

#163E4E #42164E #4E2616 #224E16

split-complementary

#163E4E #4E1622 #4E4216

monochromatic

#071318 #09181E #163E4E #23647E #318AAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.46

#163E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#163E4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #163E4E

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##163E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##163E4E	1.00	11.46	1.83	11.46
#FFFFFF	11.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#363D4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E374E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004343

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #163e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 62, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.3% 0.052 227.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5b737f',
    500: '#163e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #163e4e;
$custom-light: #5b737f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#163e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34326,
    "c": 0.05231,
    "h": 227.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#163E4E

secondary

#85503A

accent

#7449DF

background

#F5F6F7

surface

#E9ECEE

border

#C5C7C9

text

#04080A

muted

#797B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #163E4E

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

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