#162172#162172

#162172 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.2% C 0.138 H 269.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162172
RGB	rgb(22, 33, 114)
HSL	hsl(233, 68%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(233, 81%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.7%, 71.1%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.80, 26.95, -47.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.80, 54.77, 299.47°)
OKLab	oklab(30.22% -0.0011 -0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(30.22% 0.138 269.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.9110, 2.4728, 16.1875)
Luminance	0.0247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162172 #726716

analogous

#164F72 #162172 #391672

triadic

#162172 #721621 #217216

tetradic

#162172 #72164F #726716 #167239

square

#162172 #72164F #726716 #167239

split-complementary

#162172 #723916 #4F7216

monochromatic

#05071A #0C123F #162172 #2030A5 #2C40D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.05

#162172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.49

#162172 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162172

14.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162172	1.00	14.05	1.49	14.05
#FFFFFF	14.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003074

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002771

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003746

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 33, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.2% 0.138 269.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#655c9b',
    500: '#162172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162172;
$custom-light: #655c9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.826,
    "s": 67.647,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30222,
    "c": 0.13803,
    "h": 269.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162172

secondary

#A89B3C

accent

#D63DEB

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBE9F2

border

#C6C5CC

text

#06040E

muted

#7A797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #162172

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →