#162659#162659

#162659 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 28.8% C 0.094 H 267.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162659
RGB	rgb(22, 38, 89)
HSL	hsl(226, 60%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(226, 75%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 57.3%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.88, 13.17, -32.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.88, 35.30, 291.91°)
OKLab	oklab(28.83% -0.0047 -0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(28.83% 0.094 267.1)
XYZ	xyz(2.8265, 2.2778, 9.7400)
Luminance	0.0228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162659 #594916

analogous

#164859 #162659 #281659

triadic

#162659 #591626 #265916

tetradic

#162659 #591648 #594916 #165928

square

#162659 #591648 #594916 #165928

split-complementary

#162659 #592816 #485916

monochromatic

#060A19 #0A1128 #162659 #223B8A #2E50BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.43

#162659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#162659 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162659

14.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162659	1.00	14.43	1.46	14.43
#FFFFFF	14.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#042D5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002758

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00323B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 38, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.8% 0.094 267.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5d5f88',
    500: '#162659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162659;
$custom-light: #5d5f88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.672,
    "s": 60.36,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2883,
    "c": 0.09431,
    "h": 267.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162659

secondary

#907C3B

accent

#BD44E4

background

#F5F5F8

surface

#E9E9F0

border

#C5C5CB

text

#05040B

muted

#79797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #162659

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

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