#163E59#163E59

#163E59 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.065 H 241.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#163E59
RGB	rgb(22, 62, 89)
HSL	hsl(204, 60%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(204, 75%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 30.3%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.75, -3.86, -20.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.75, 20.58, 259.19°)
OKLab	oklab(34.94% -0.0308 -0.0571)
OKLCH	oklch(34.94% 0.065 241.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.8560, 4.3367, 10.0831)
Luminance	0.0434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#163E59 #593116

analogous

#165953 #163E59 #161D59

triadic

#163E59 #59163E #3E5916

tetradic

#163E59 #531659 #593116 #1D5916

square

#163E59 #531659 #593116 #1D5916

split-complementary

#163E59 #59161D #595316

monochromatic

#061119 #0A1C28 #163E59 #22608A #2E82BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.25

#163E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#163E59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #163E59

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##163E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##163E59	1.00	11.25	1.87	11.25
#FFFFFF	11.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#323E5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#283859

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004547

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #163e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 62, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.065 241.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5d7388',
    500: '#163e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #163e59;
$custom-light: #5d7388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#163e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.179,
    "s": 60.36,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34937,
    "c": 0.06484,
    "h": 241.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#163E59

secondary

#905D3B

accent

#8444E4

background

#F5F6F8

surface

#E9ECEF

border

#C5C7CA

text

#05080B

muted

#797B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #163E59

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

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