#162474#162474

#162474 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.0% C 0.137 H 268.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162474
RGB	rgb(22, 36, 116)
HSL	hsl(231, 68%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(231, 81%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(81%, 69%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.77, 25.67, -47.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.77, 53.88, 298.46°)
OKLab	oklab(30.99% -0.003 -0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(30.99% 0.137 268.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.1130, 2.6928, 16.8226)
Luminance	0.0269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162474 #746616

analogous

#165374 #162474 #371674

triadic

#162474 #741624 #247416

tetradic

#162474 #741653 #746616 #167437

square

#162474 #741653 #746616 #167437

split-complementary

#162474 #743716 #537416

monochromatic

#05081A #0C1441 #162474 #2034A7 #2D47D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.65

#162474 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#162474 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162474

13.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162474	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162474	1.00	13.65	1.54	13.65
#FFFFFF	13.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003277

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002973

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003948

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162474;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 36, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.0% 0.137 268.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#655e9d',
    500: '#162474',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162474;
$custom-light: #655e9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162474",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.064,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30994,
    "c": 0.13714,
    "h": 268.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162474

secondary

#AA993C

accent

#D13DEB

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBE9F2

border

#C6C5CC

text

#06040E

muted

#7A797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #162474

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

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