#163E56#163E56

#163E56 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.061 H 238.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#163E56
RGB	rgb(22, 62, 86)
HSL	hsl(203, 59%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(203, 74%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 27.9%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.60, -5.04, -18.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.60, 19.17, 254.75°)
OKLab	oklab(34.76% -0.0319 -0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(34.76% 0.061 238.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.7326, 4.2873, 9.4331)
Luminance	0.0429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#163E56 #562E16

analogous

#16564E #163E56 #161E56

triadic

#163E56 #56163E #3E5616

tetradic

#163E56 #4E1656 #562E16 #1E5616

square

#163E56 #4E1656 #562E16 #1E5616

split-complementary

#163E56 #56161E #564E16

monochromatic

#061218 #0A1B25 #163E56 #226187 #2F84B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.30

#163E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#163E56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #163E56

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##163E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##163E56	1.00	11.30	1.86	11.30
#FFFFFF	11.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#333E57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A3856

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004446

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #163e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 62, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.061 238.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c7385',
    500: '#163e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #163e56;
$custom-light: #5c7385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#163e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.5,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34763,
    "c": 0.06108,
    "h": 238.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#163E56

secondary

#8D5A3A

accent

#8045E2

background

#F5F6F8

surface

#E9ECEF

border

#C5C7CA

text

#04080B

muted

#797B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #163E56

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

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