#162A4A#162A4A

#162A4A is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 28.6% C 0.064 H 259.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162A4A
RGB	rgb(22, 42, 74)
HSL	hsl(217, 54%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(217, 70%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 43.2%, 0%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.09, 3.96, -22.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.09, 22.65, 280.06°)
OKLab	oklab(28.64% -0.0119 -0.0634)
OKLCH	oklch(28.64% 0.064 259.4)
XYZ	xyz(2.3944, 2.3207, 6.7990)
Luminance	0.0232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162A4A #4A3616

analogous

#16444A #162A4A #1C164A

triadic

#162A4A #4A162A #2A4A16

tetradic

#162A4A #4A1644 #4A3616 #164A1C

square

#162A4A #4A1644 #4A3616 #164A1C

split-complementary

#162A4A #4A1C16 #444A16

monochromatic

#070D18 #080F1B #162A4A #244579 #3260A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.34

#162A4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#162A4A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162A4A

14.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162A4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162A4A	1.00	14.34	1.46	14.34
#FFFFFF	14.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C2D4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#152849

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003136

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162a4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 42, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.6% 0.064 259.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#59637d',
    500: '#162a4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162a4a;
$custom-light: #59637d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162a4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.923,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 18.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28638,
    "c": 0.06449,
    "h": 259.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162A4A

secondary

#82663A

accent

#A54ADE

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#E9EAEE

border

#C5C6C9

text

#040509

muted

#79797B

Preview Lab

Preview with #162A4A

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

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