#162A57#162A57

#162A57 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 29.6% C 0.085 H 263.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162A57
RGB	rgb(22, 42, 87)
HSL	hsl(222, 60%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(222, 75%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 51.7%, 0%, 65.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.98, 9.37, -29.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.98, 31.09, 287.55°)
OKLab	oklab(29.62% -0.0091 -0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(29.62% 0.085 263.9)
XYZ	xyz(2.8785, 2.5143, 9.3486)
Luminance	0.0251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162A57 #574316

analogous

#164B57 #162A57 #231657

triadic

#162A57 #57162A #2A5716

tetradic

#162A57 #57164B #574316 #165723

square

#162A57 #57164B #574316 #165723

split-complementary

#162A57 #572316 #4B5716

monochromatic

#060C18 #0A1226 #162A57 #224288 #2F59B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.97

#162A57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.50

#162A57 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162A57

13.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162A57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162A57	1.00	13.97	1.50	13.97
#FFFFFF	13.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#122F59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#042956

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00353C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162a57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 42, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.6% 0.085 263.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c6387',
    500: '#162a57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162a57;
$custom-light: #5c6387;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162a57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.538,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29618,
    "c": 0.08544,
    "h": 263.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162A57

secondary

#8E753A

accent

#B245E3

background

#F5F5F8

surface

#E9EAEF

border

#C5C6CA

text

#04050B

muted

#79797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #162A57

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

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