#162A49#162A49

#162A49 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 28.6% C 0.063 H 258.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162A49
RGB	rgb(22, 42, 73)
HSL	hsl(216, 54%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(216, 70%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 42.5%, 0%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.02, 3.55, -21.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.02, 22.01, 279.27°)
OKLab	oklab(28.57% -0.0121 -0.0617)
OKLCH	oklch(28.57% 0.063 258.9)
XYZ	xyz(2.3610, 2.3073, 6.6230)
Luminance	0.0231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162A49 #493516

analogous

#164349 #162A49 #1B1649

triadic

#162A49 #49162A #2A4916

tetradic

#162A49 #491643 #493516 #16491B

square

#162A49 #491643 #493516 #16491B

split-complementary

#162A49 #491B16 #434916

monochromatic

#070E18 #080F1A #162A49 #244578 #3260A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.37

#162A49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#162A49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162A49

14.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162A49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162A49	1.00	14.37	1.46	14.37
#FFFFFF	14.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C2D4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#152848

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003136

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162a49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 42, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.6% 0.063 258.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#59637c',
    500: '#162a49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162a49;
$custom-light: #59637c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162a49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.471,
    "s": 53.684,
    "l": 18.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28568,
    "c": 0.06287,
    "h": 258.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162A49

secondary

#80653A

accent

#A44BDD

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#E9EAEE

border

#C5C6C9

text

#040509

muted

#79797B

Preview Lab

Preview with #162A49

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

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