#163E5A#163E5A

#163E5A is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.066 H 242.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#163E5A
RGB	rgb(22, 62, 90)
HSL	hsl(205, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(205, 76%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 31.1%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.81, -3.46, -20.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.81, 21.07, 260.54°)
OKLab	oklab(35% -0.0304 -0.0587)
OKLCH	oklch(35% 0.066 242.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.8983, 4.3536, 10.3058)
Luminance	0.0435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#163E5A #5A3216

analogous

#165A54 #163E5A #161C5A

triadic

#163E5A #5A163E #3E5A16

tetradic

#163E5A #54165A #5A3216 #1C5A16

square

#163E5A #54165A #5A3216 #1C5A16

split-complementary

#163E5A #5A161C #5A5416

monochromatic

#061119 #0A1C29 #163E5A #22608B #2E82BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.23

#163E5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#163E5A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #163E5A

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##163E5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##163E5A	1.00	11.23	1.87	11.23
#FFFFFF	11.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#313F5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#283859

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004548

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #163e5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 62, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.066 242.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5d7389',
    500: '#163e5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #163e5a;
$custom-light: #5d7389;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#163e5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.706,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34997,
    "c": 0.06613,
    "h": 242.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#163E5A

secondary

#915E3B

accent

#8644E4

background

#F5F6F8

surface

#E9ECF0

border

#C5C7CB

text

#05080B

muted

#797B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #163E5A

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

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