#162A4E#162A4E

#162A4E is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 28.9% C 0.071 H 261.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162A4E
RGB	rgb(22, 42, 78)
HSL	hsl(219, 56%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(219, 72%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 46.2%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.35, 5.61, -24.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.35, 25.23, 282.85°)
OKLab	oklab(28.93% -0.0108 -0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(28.93% 0.071 261.2)
XYZ	xyz(2.5335, 2.3763, 7.5314)
Luminance	0.0238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162A4E #4E3A16

analogous

#16464E #162A4E #1E164E

triadic

#162A4E #4E162A #2A4E16

tetradic

#162A4E #4E1646 #4E3A16 #164E1E

square

#162A4E #4E1646 #4E3A16 #164E1E

split-complementary

#162A4E #4E1E16 #464E16

monochromatic

#070D18 #09101E #162A4E #23447E #315DAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.23

#162A4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#162A4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162A4E

14.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162A4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162A4E	1.00	14.23	1.48	14.23
#FFFFFF	14.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#192D4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#11284D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003238

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162a4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 42, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.9% 0.071 261.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5a6380',
    500: '#162a4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162a4e;
$custom-light: #5a6380;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162a4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.571,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28926,
    "c": 0.07097,
    "h": 261.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162A4E

secondary

#856B3A

accent

#A949DF

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#E9EAEE

border

#C5C6C9

text

#04050A

muted

#79797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #162A4E

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

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