#162844#162844

#162844 is a dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 27.7% C 0.057 H 258.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162844
RGB	rgb(22, 40, 68)
HSL	hsl(217, 51%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(217, 68%, 27%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 41.2%, 0%, 73.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.03, 2.96, -19.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.03, 20.08, 278.49°)
OKLab	oklab(27.69% -0.011 -0.0563)
OKLCH	oklch(27.69% 0.057 258.9)
XYZ	xyz(2.1327, 2.1053, 5.7617)
Luminance	0.0211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162844 #443216

analogous

#163F44 #162844 #1B1644

triadic

#162844 #441628 #284416

tetradic

#162844 #44163F #443216 #16441B

square

#162844 #44163F #443216 #16441B

split-complementary

#162844 #441B16 #3F4416

monochromatic

#070E17 #070E17 #162844 #254372 #345EA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.78

#162844 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.42

#162844 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162844

14.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162844	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162844	1.00	14.78	1.42	14.78
#FFFFFF	14.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C2A45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#162643

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002E32

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162844;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 40, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.7% 0.057 258.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#586178',
    500: '#162844',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162844;
$custom-light: #586178;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162844",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.522,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 17.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27693,
    "c": 0.05736,
    "h": 258.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162844

secondary

#7B623A

accent

#A34DDB

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#E9E9ED

border

#C5C5C8

text

#030509

muted

#78797B

Preview Lab

Preview with #162844

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

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