#162179#162179

#162179 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.0% C 0.148 H 269.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162179
RGB	rgb(22, 33, 121)
HSL	hsl(233, 69%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(233, 82%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.8%, 72.7%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.53, 29.65, -50.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.53, 58.97, 300.19°)
OKLab	oklab(30.98% -0.0018 -0.1476)
OKLCH	oklch(30.98% 0.148 269.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.3247, 2.6383, 18.3668)
Luminance	0.0264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162179 #796E16

analogous

#165279 #162179 #3C1679

triadic

#162179 #791621 #217916

tetradic

#162179 #791652 #796E16 #16793C

square

#162179 #791652 #796E16 #16793C

split-complementary

#162179 #793C16 #527916

monochromatic

#05071A #0D1345 #162179 #1F2FAD #3043D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.75

#162179 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#162179 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162179

13.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162179	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162179	1.00	13.75	1.53	13.75
#FFFFFF	13.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00327C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002877

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003A4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162179;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 33, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.0% 0.148 269.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#675ca1',
    500: '#162179',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162179;
$custom-light: #675ca1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162179",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.333,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30979,
    "c": 0.14762,
    "h": 269.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162179

secondary

#AEA23D

accent

#D83CEC

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#EBE9F3

border

#C6C5CD

text

#07040F

muted

#7A797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #162179

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

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