#163e42

Color #163e42

A moderately saturated very dark cyan.

Closest named color Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f · ΔE 8.15 Nearest Tailwind class teal-950 #022f2e · ΔE 5.8

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Conversions

HEX

#163e42

RGB

rgb(22, 62, 66)

HSL

hsl(185.5, 50%, 17.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(185.5, 66.7%, 25.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(66.7%, 6.1%, 0%, 74.1%)

LAB

lab(23.7, -12.47, -6.66)

LCH

lch(23.7, 14.14, 208.11)

OKLCH

oklch(33.8%, 0.0448, 204.22)

HWB

hwb(185.5, 8.6%, 74.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#421a16

Analogous

#164230

#163e42

#162842

Triadic

#163e42

#42163e

#3e4216

Split-complementary

#163e42

#421628

#423016

Tetradic

#163e42

#1a1642

#421a16

#3e4216

Square

#163e42

#301642

#421a16

#284216

Shades

Color #163e42 mixed toward black.

#123437

#0f292c

#0b1f21

#071516

#040a0b

Tints

Color #163e42 mixed toward white.

#287077

#39a1ac

#61c1ca

#96d5dc

#caeaed

Tones

Color #163e42 mixed toward gray.

#1a3b3e

#1d383b

#213537

#253233

#282f30

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

11.65:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.8:1

White text reads better on this background (11.65:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#2c2d41 · ΔE 19.6

Deuteranopia

#2a2741 · ΔE 22.9

Tritanopia

#1a4040 · ΔE 2.3

Achromatopsia

#383838 · ΔE 13.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #163e42;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#163e42]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#163e42 (#163e42) is rgb(22, 62, 66) in RGB.

No, #163e42 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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