#162579#162579

#162579 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 31.7% C 0.143 H 268.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162579
RGB	rgb(22, 37, 121)
HSL	hsl(231, 69%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(231, 82%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.8%, 69.4%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.53, 26.96, -49.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.53, 56.21, 298.66°)
OKLab	oklab(31.7% -0.0039 -0.1428)
OKLCH	oklch(31.7% 0.143 268.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.4424, 2.8737, 18.4060)
Luminance	0.0287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162579 #796A16

analogous

#165679 #162579 #381679

triadic

#162579 #791625 #257916

tetradic

#162579 #791656 #796A16 #167938

square

#162579 #791656 #796A16 #167938

split-complementary

#162579 #793816 #567916

monochromatic

#05081A #0D1545 #162579 #1F35AD #304AD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.34

#162579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#162579 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162579

13.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162579	1.00	13.34	1.57	13.34
#FFFFFF	13.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00347C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002B77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003C4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 37, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.7% 0.143 268.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#665fa1',
    500: '#162579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162579;
$custom-light: #665fa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.909,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31704,
    "c": 0.14286,
    "h": 268.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162579

secondary

#AE9D3D

accent

#D13CEC

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#EBE9F3

border

#C6C5CD

text

#07040F

muted

#7A797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #162579

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

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