#163E55#163E55

#163E55 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.060 H 237.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#163E55
RGB	rgb(22, 62, 85)
HSL	hsl(202, 59%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(202, 74%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 27.1%, 0%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.55, -5.44, -17.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.55, 18.73, 253.13°)
OKLab	oklab(34.71% -0.0323 -0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(34.71% 0.06 237.3)
XYZ	xyz(3.6926, 4.2713, 9.2224)
Luminance	0.0427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#163E55 #552D16

analogous

#16554C #163E55 #161E55

triadic

#163E55 #55163E #3E5516

tetradic

#163E55 #4C1655 #552D16 #1E5516

square

#163E55 #4C1655 #552D16 #1E5516

split-complementary

#163E55 #55161E #554C16

monochromatic

#061218 #091B24 #163E55 #236186 #2F85B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.32

#163E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#163E55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #163E55

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##163E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##163E55	1.00	11.32	1.85	11.32
#FFFFFF	11.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#333E56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B3855

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004446

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #163e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 62, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.060 237.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c7385',
    500: '#163e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #163e55;
$custom-light: #5c7385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#163e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.905,
    "s": 58.879,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34706,
    "c": 0.05988,
    "h": 237.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#163E55

secondary

#8C583A

accent

#7F46E2

background

#F5F6F8

surface

#E9ECEF

border

#C5C7CA

text

#04080B

muted

#797B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #163E55

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

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