#162A56#162A56

#162A56 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 29.5% C 0.084 H 263.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162A56
RGB	rgb(22, 42, 86)
HSL	hsl(221, 59%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(221, 74%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 51.2%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.91, 8.95, -29.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.91, 30.44, 287.11°)
OKLab	oklab(29.54% -0.0092 -0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(29.54% 0.084 263.7)
XYZ	xyz(2.8380, 2.4981, 9.1349)
Luminance	0.0250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162A56 #564216

analogous

#164A56 #162A56 #221656

triadic

#162A56 #56162A #2A5616

tetradic

#162A56 #56164A #564216 #165622

square

#162A56 #56164A #564216 #165622

split-complementary

#162A56 #562216 #4A5616

monochromatic

#060C18 #0A1225 #162A56 #224287 #2F5AB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.00

#162A56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.50

#162A56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162A56

14.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162A56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162A56	1.00	14.00	1.50	14.00
#FFFFFF	14.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#132F58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#052955

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00343B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162a56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 42, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.5% 0.084 263.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c6386',
    500: '#162a56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162a56;
$custom-light: #5c6386;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162a56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.25,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29538,
    "c": 0.08384,
    "h": 263.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162A56

secondary

#8D733A

accent

#B145E2

background

#F5F5F8

surface

#E9EAEF

border

#C5C6CA

text

#04050B

muted

#79797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #162A56

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

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