#162572#162572

#162572 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.0% C 0.133 H 268.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162572
RGB	rgb(22, 37, 114)
HSL	hsl(230, 68%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(230, 81%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.7%, 67.5%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.84, 24.18, -45.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.84, 51.95, 297.74°)
OKLab	oklab(30.98% -0.0035 -0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(30.98% 0.133 268.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.0287, 2.7082, 16.2267)
Luminance	0.0271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162572 #726316

analogous

#165372 #162572 #351672

triadic

#162572 #721625 #257216

tetradic

#162572 #721653 #726316 #167235

square

#162572 #721653 #726316 #167235

split-complementary

#162572 #723516 #537216

monochromatic

#05081A #0C143F #162572 #2036A5 #2C48D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.62

#162572 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#162572 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162572

13.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162572	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162572	1.00	13.62	1.54	13.62
#FFFFFF	13.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003274

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002A71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003948

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162572;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 37, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.0% 0.133 268.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#645f9b',
    500: '#162572',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162572;
$custom-light: #645f9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162572",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.217,
    "s": 67.647,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30982,
    "c": 0.13307,
    "h": 268.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162572

secondary

#A8963C

accent

#CE3DEB

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBE9F2

border

#C6C5CC

text

#06040E

muted

#7A797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #162572

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

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