#163F4E#163F4E

#163F4E is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.052 H 225.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#163F4E
RGB	rgb(22, 63, 78)
HSL	hsl(196, 56%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(196, 72%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 19.2%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.56, -8.76, -13.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.56, 15.92, 236.64°)
OKLab	oklab(34.61% -0.0365 -0.0371)
OKLCH	oklch(34.61% 0.052 225.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.4830, 4.2753, 7.8479)
Luminance	0.0428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#163F4E #4E2516

analogous

#164E41 #163F4E #16234E

triadic

#163F4E #4E163F #3F4E16

tetradic

#163F4E #41164E #4E2516 #234E16

square

#163F4E #41164E #4E2516 #234E16

split-complementary

#163F4E #4E1623 #4E4116

monochromatic

#071318 #09181E #163F4E #23667E #318CAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.32

#163F4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#163F4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #163F4E

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##163F4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##163F4E	1.00	11.32	1.86	11.32
#FFFFFF	11.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#373E4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F384E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004344

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #163f4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 63, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.052 225.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5b747f',
    500: '#163f4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #163f4e;
$custom-light: #5b747f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#163f4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.071,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34606,
    "c": 0.05204,
    "h": 225.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#163F4E

secondary

#854E3A

accent

#7149DF

background

#F5F7F7

surface

#E9EDEE

border

#C5C8C9

text

#04080A

muted

#797B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #163F4E

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

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