#163E72#163E72

#163E72 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.100 H 256.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#163E72
RGB	rgb(22, 62, 114)
HSL	hsl(214, 68%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(214, 81%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.7%, 45.6%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.25, 6.37, -33.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.25, 34.56, 280.62°)
OKLab	oklab(36.59% -0.0235 -0.0973)
OKLCH	oklch(36.59% 0.1 256.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.0896, 4.8301, 16.5804)
Luminance	0.0483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#163E72 #724A16

analogous

#166C72 #163E72 #1C1672

triadic

#163E72 #72163E #3E7216

tetradic

#163E72 #72166C #724A16 #16721C

square

#163E72 #72166C #724A16 #16721C

split-complementary

#163E72 #721C16 #6C7216

monochromatic

#050E1A #0C223F #163E72 #205AA5 #2C76D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.68

#163E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#163E72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #163E72

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##163E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##163E72	1.00	10.68	1.97	10.68
#FFFFFF	10.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#244374

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#123A71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004A52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #163e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 62, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.100 256.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#62729b',
    500: '#163e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #163e72;
$custom-light: #62729b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#163e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.913,
    "s": 67.647,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3659,
    "c": 0.10007,
    "h": 256.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#163E72

secondary

#A8793C

accent

#9F3DEB

background

#F6F6F9

surface

#EBECF2

border

#C6C7CC

text

#06080E

muted

#7A7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #163E72

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

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