#163E53#163E53

#163E53 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.058 H 234.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#163E53
RGB	rgb(22, 62, 83)
HSL	hsl(201, 58%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(201, 73%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 25.3%, 0%, 67.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.45, -6.22, -16.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.45, 17.88, 249.66°)
OKLab	oklab(34.6% -0.0331 -0.0471)
OKLCH	oklch(34.6% 0.058 234.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.6142, 4.2400, 8.8099)
Luminance	0.0424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#163E53 #532B16

analogous

#165349 #163E53 #161F53

triadic

#163E53 #53163E #3E5316

tetradic

#163E53 #491653 #532B16 #1F5316

square

#163E53 #491653 #532B16 #1F5316

split-complementary

#163E53 #53161F #534916

monochromatic

#061218 #091A23 #163E53 #236283 #3086B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.36

#163E53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#163E53 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #163E53

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##163E53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##163E53	1.00	11.36	1.85	11.36
#FFFFFF	11.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#343D54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C3753

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004445

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #163e53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 62, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.058 234.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c7383',
    500: '#163e53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #163e53;
$custom-light: #5c7383;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#163e53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.656,
    "s": 58.095,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34595,
    "c": 0.05756,
    "h": 234.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#163E53

secondary

#8A563A

accent

#7C46E1

background

#F5F6F8

surface

#E9ECEF

border

#C5C7CA

text

#04080A

muted

#797B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #163E53

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

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