#162972#162972

#162972 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 31.8% C 0.128 H 267.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162972
RGB	rgb(22, 41, 114)
HSL	hsl(228, 68%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(228, 81%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.7%, 64%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.93, 21.35, -44.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.93, 49.08, 295.79°)
OKLab	oklab(31.79% -0.0062 -0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(31.79% 0.128 267.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.1600, 2.9709, 16.2705)
Luminance	0.0297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162972 #725F16

analogous

#165772 #162972 #311672

triadic

#162972 #721629 #297216

tetradic

#162972 #721657 #725F16 #167231

square

#162972 #721657 #725F16 #167231

split-complementary

#162972 #723116 #577216

monochromatic

#05091A #0C173F #162972 #203BA5 #2C4FD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.17

#162972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.59

#162972 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162972

13.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162972	1.00	13.17	1.59	13.17
#FFFFFF	13.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003574

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002C71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003C49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 41, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.8% 0.128 267.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#64629b',
    500: '#162972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162972;
$custom-light: #64629b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.609,
    "s": 67.647,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31788,
    "c": 0.12789,
    "h": 267.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162972

secondary

#A8923C

accent

#C73DEB

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBEAF2

border

#C6C6CC

text

#06050E

muted

#7A797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #162972

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

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