#162A46#162A46

#162A46 is a dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 28.4% C 0.058 H 257.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162A46
RGB	rgb(22, 42, 70)
HSL	hsl(215, 52%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(215, 69%, 27%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 40%, 0%, 72.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.84, 2.32, -19.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.84, 20.09, 276.63°)
OKLab	oklab(28.36% -0.013 -0.0566)
OKLCH	oklch(28.36% 0.058 257)
XYZ	xyz(2.2639, 2.2685, 6.1117)
Luminance	0.0227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162A46 #463216

analogous

#164246 #162A46 #1A1646

triadic

#162A46 #46162A #2A4616

tetradic

#162A46 #461642 #463216 #16461A

square

#162A46 #461642 #463216 #16461A

split-complementary

#162A46 #461A16 #424616

monochromatic

#070E17 #070E17 #162A46 #254675 #3362A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.44

#162A46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#162A46 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162A46

14.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162A46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162A46	1.00	14.44	1.45	14.44
#FFFFFF	14.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E2C47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#182745

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162a46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 42, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.4% 0.058 257.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#596379',
    500: '#162a46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162a46;
$custom-light: #596379;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162a46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 18.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28362,
    "c": 0.05804,
    "h": 257
  },
  "luminance": 0.02269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162A46

secondary

#7D613A

accent

#A04CDC

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#E9EAED

border

#C5C6C8

text

#040509

muted

#79797B

Preview Lab

Preview with #162A46

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

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