#163E50#163E50

#163E50 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.054 H 230.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#163E50
RGB	rgb(22, 62, 80)
HSL	hsl(199, 57%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(199, 73%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 22.5%, 0%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.30, -7.37, -15.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.30, 16.72, 243.87°)
OKLab	oklab(34.43% -0.0343 -0.042)
OKLCH	oklch(34.43% 0.054 230.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.5009, 4.1946, 8.2130)
Luminance	0.0420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#163E50 #502816

analogous

#165045 #163E50 #162150

triadic

#163E50 #50163E #3E5016

tetradic

#163E50 #451650 #502816 #215016

square

#163E50 #451650 #502816 #215016

split-complementary

#163E50 #501621 #504516

monochromatic

#071318 #091920 #163E50 #236380 #3088B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.42

#163E50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#163E50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #163E50

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##163E50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##163E50	1.00	11.42	1.84	11.42
#FFFFFF	11.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#353D51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D3750

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004344

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #163e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 62, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.054 230.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5b7381',
    500: '#163e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #163e50;
$custom-light: #5b7381;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#163e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.621,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34432,
    "c": 0.0543,
    "h": 230.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#163E50

secondary

#87523A

accent

#7748E0

background

#F5F6F7

surface

#E9ECEE

border

#C5C7C9

text

#04080A

muted

#797B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #163E50

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

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