#162b2b

Color #162b2b

A muted very dark cyan.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 14.55 Nearest Tailwind class teal-950 #022f2e · ΔE 5.2

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Conversions

HEX

#162b2b

RGB

rgb(22, 43, 43)

HSL

hsl(180, 32.3%, 12.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 48.8%, 16.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(48.8%, 0%, 0%, 83.1%)

LAB

lab(15.86, -8.39, -2.65)

LCH

lch(15.86, 8.8, 197.53)

OKLCH

oklch(27.2%, 0.027, 195.68)

HWB

hwb(180, 8.6%, 83.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#2b1616

Analogous

#162b20

#162b2b

#16202b

Triadic

#162b2b

#2b162b

#2b2b16

Split-complementary

#162b2b

#2b1620

#2b2016

Tetradic

#162b2b

#16162b

#2b1616

#2b2b16

Square

#162b2b

#20162b

#2b1616

#202b16

Shades

Color #162b2b mixed toward black.

#122424

#0f1d1d

#0b1515

#070e0e

#040707

Tints

Color #162b2b mixed toward white.

#2f5c5c

#488d8d

#6cb4b4

#9dcdcd

#cee6e6

Tones

Color #162b2b mixed toward gray.

#182929

#192727

#1b2626

#1d2424

#1f2222

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

14.85:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.41:1

White text reads better on this background (14.85:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#21212b · ΔE 13.9

Deuteranopia

#201e2b · ΔE 16.3

Tritanopia

#172b2b · ΔE 0.3

Achromatopsia

#272727 · ΔE 10

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Code

CSS

background-color: #162b2b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#162b2b]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#162b2b (#162b2b) is rgb(22, 43, 43) in RGB.

No, #162b2b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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