#162979#162979

#162979 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 32.5% C 0.138 H 267.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162979
RGB	rgb(22, 41, 121)
HSL	hsl(228, 69%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(228, 82%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.8%, 66.1%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.58, 24.18, -47.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.58, 53.39, 296.93°)
OKLab	oklab(32.48% -0.0063 -0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(32.48% 0.138 267.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.5738, 3.1364, 18.4498)
Luminance	0.0314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162979 #796616

analogous

#165A79 #162979 #341679

triadic

#162979 #791629 #297916

tetradic

#162979 #79165A #796616 #167934

square

#162979 #79165A #796616 #167934

split-complementary

#162979 #793416 #5A7916

monochromatic

#05091A #0D1745 #162979 #1F3BAD #3051D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.90

#162979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#162979 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162979

12.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162979	1.00	12.90	1.63	12.90
#FFFFFF	12.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002D77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003E4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 41, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.5% 0.138 267.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6662a1',
    500: '#162979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162979;
$custom-light: #6662a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.485,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32475,
    "c": 0.13787,
    "h": 267.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162979

secondary

#AE983D

accent

#CA3CEC

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#EBEAF3

border

#C6C6CD

text

#07050F

muted

#7A797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #162979

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

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