#162A55#162A55

#162A55 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 29.5% C 0.082 H 263.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162A55
RGB	rgb(22, 42, 85)
HSL	hsl(221, 59%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(221, 74%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 50.6%, 0%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.84, 8.53, -28.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.84, 29.78, 286.65°)
OKLab	oklab(29.46% -0.0094 -0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(29.46% 0.082 263.4)
XYZ	xyz(2.7980, 2.4821, 8.9242)
Luminance	0.0248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162A55 #554116

analogous

#164955 #162A55 #211655

triadic

#162A55 #55162A #2A5516

tetradic

#162A55 #551649 #554116 #165521

square

#162A55 #551649 #554116 #165521

split-complementary

#162A55 #552116 #495516

monochromatic

#060C18 #091224 #162A55 #234286 #2F5AB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.03

#162A55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.50

#162A55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162A55

14.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162A55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162A55	1.00	14.03	1.50	14.03
#FFFFFF	14.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#142F57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#072954

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00343B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162a55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 42, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.5% 0.082 263.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c6385',
    500: '#162a55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162a55;
$custom-light: #5c6385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162a55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.952,
    "s": 58.879,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29459,
    "c": 0.08225,
    "h": 263.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162A55

secondary

#8C723A

accent

#B046E2

background

#F5F5F8

surface

#E9EAEF

border

#C5C6CA

text

#04050B

muted

#79797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #162A55

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

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