#162A50#162A50

#162A50 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 29.1% C 0.074 H 261.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162A50
RGB	rgb(22, 42, 80)
HSL	hsl(219, 57%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(219, 73%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 47.5%, 0%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.49, 6.44, -25.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.49, 26.53, 284.06°)
OKLab	oklab(29.08% -0.0104 -0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(29.08% 0.074 261.9)
XYZ	xyz(2.6063, 2.4054, 7.9148)
Luminance	0.0241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162A50 #503C16

analogous

#164750 #162A50 #1F1650

triadic

#162A50 #50162A #2A5016

tetradic

#162A50 #501647 #503C16 #16501F

square

#162A50 #501647 #503C16 #16501F

split-complementary

#162A50 #501F16 #475016

monochromatic

#070D18 #091120 #162A50 #234380 #305CB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.18

#162A50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#162A50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162A50

14.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162A50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162A50	1.00	14.18	1.48	14.18
#FFFFFF	14.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#182E51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F284F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003339

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162a50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 42, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.1% 0.074 261.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5b6381',
    500: '#162a50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162a50;
$custom-light: #5b6381;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162a50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.31,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29075,
    "c": 0.0742,
    "h": 261.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162A50

secondary

#876D3A

accent

#AC48E0

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#E9EAEE

border

#C5C6C9

text

#04050A

muted

#79797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #162A50

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

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