#162A4F#162A4F

#162A4F is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 29.0% C 0.073 H 261.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162A4F
RGB	rgb(22, 42, 79)
HSL	hsl(219, 56%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(219, 72%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 46.8%, 0%, 69%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.42, 6.02, -25.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.42, 25.88, 283.46°)
OKLab	oklab(29% -0.0106 -0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(29% 0.073 261.6)
XYZ	xyz(2.5696, 2.3908, 7.7217)
Luminance	0.0239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162A4F #4F3B16

analogous

#16474F #162A4F #1E164F

triadic

#162A4F #4F162A #2A4F16

tetradic

#162A4F #4F1647 #4F3B16 #164F1E

square

#162A4F #4F1647 #4F3B16 #164F1E

split-complementary

#162A4F #4F1E16 #474F16

monochromatic

#070D18 #09111F #162A4F #23437F #315DAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.21

#162A4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#162A4F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162A4F

14.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162A4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162A4F	1.00	14.21	1.48	14.21
#FFFFFF	14.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#192E50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#10284E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003238

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162a4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 42, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.0% 0.073 261.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5a6380',
    500: '#162a4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162a4f;
$custom-light: #5a6380;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162a4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.947,
    "s": 56.436,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29,
    "c": 0.07259,
    "h": 261.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162A4F

secondary

#866C3A

accent

#AB48E0

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#E9EAEE

border

#C5C6C9

text

#04050A

muted

#79797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #162A4F

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

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