#162A4C#162A4C

#162A4C is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 28.8% C 0.068 H 260.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162A4C
RGB	rgb(22, 42, 76)
HSL	hsl(218, 55%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(218, 71%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 44.7%, 0%, 70.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.22, 4.78, -23.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.22, 23.94, 281.52°)
OKLab	oklab(28.78% -0.0113 -0.0668)
OKLCH	oklch(28.78% 0.068 260.4)
XYZ	xyz(2.4629, 2.3481, 7.1595)
Luminance	0.0235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162A4C #4C3816

analogous

#16454C #162A4C #1D164C

triadic

#162A4C #4C162A #2A4C16

tetradic

#162A4C #4C1645 #4C3816 #164C1D

square

#162A4C #4C1645 #4C3816 #164C1D

split-complementary

#162A4C #4C1D16 #454C16

monochromatic

#070D18 #08101D #162A4C #24447B #315EAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.29

#162A4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#162A4C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162A4C

14.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162A4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162A4C	1.00	14.29	1.47	14.29
#FFFFFF	14.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B2D4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#13284B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003237

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162a4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 42, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.8% 0.068 260.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5a637e',
    500: '#162a4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162a4c;
$custom-light: #5a637e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162a4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.778,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 19.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28781,
    "c": 0.06774,
    "h": 260.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162A4C

secondary

#84683A

accent

#A749DE

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#E9EAEE

border

#C5C6C9

text

#04050A

muted

#79797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #162A4C

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

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