#162A4B#162A4B

#162A4B is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 28.7% C 0.066 H 259.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162A4B
RGB	rgb(22, 42, 75)
HSL	hsl(217, 55%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(217, 71%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 44%, 0%, 70.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.15, 4.37, -22.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.15, 23.29, 280.81°)
OKLab	oklab(28.71% -0.0116 -0.0651)
OKLCH	oklch(28.71% 0.066 259.9)
XYZ	xyz(2.4284, 2.3343, 6.9778)
Luminance	0.0233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162A4B #4B3716

analogous

#16454B #162A4B #1D164B

triadic

#162A4B #4B162A #2A4B16

tetradic

#162A4B #4B1645 #4B3716 #164B1D

square

#162A4B #4B1645 #4B3716 #164B1D

split-complementary

#162A4B #4B1D16 #454B16

monochromatic

#070D18 #08101C #162A4B #24457A #325FAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.31

#162A4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#162A4B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162A4B

14.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162A4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162A4B	1.00	14.31	1.47	14.31
#FFFFFF	14.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B2D4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#14284A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003236

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162a4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 42, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.7% 0.066 259.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5a637d',
    500: '#162a4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162a4b;
$custom-light: #5a637d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162a4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.358,
    "s": 54.639,
    "l": 19.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28709,
    "c": 0.06612,
    "h": 259.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162A4B

secondary

#83673A

accent

#A64ADE

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#E9EAEE

border

#C5C6C9

text

#040509

muted

#79797B

Preview Lab

Preview with #162A4B

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

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