#162A5A#162A5A

#162A5A is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 29.9% C 0.090 H 264.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162A5A
RGB	rgb(22, 42, 90)
HSL	hsl(222, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(222, 76%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 53.3%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.21, 10.63, -31.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.21, 33.04, 288.78°)
OKLab	oklab(29.86% -0.0086 -0.0898)
OKLCH	oklch(29.86% 0.09 264.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.0037, 2.5644, 10.0076)
Luminance	0.0256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162A5A #5A4616

analogous

#164C5A #162A5A #24165A

triadic

#162A5A #5A162A #2A5A16

tetradic

#162A5A #5A164C #5A4616 #165A24

square

#162A5A #5A164C #5A4616 #165A24

split-complementary

#162A5A #5A2416 #4C5A16

monochromatic

#060B19 #0A1329 #162A5A #22418B #2E58BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.88

#162A5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#162A5A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162A5A

13.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162A5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162A5A	1.00	13.88	1.51	13.88
#FFFFFF	13.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F305C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002A59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00353D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162a5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 42, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.9% 0.090 264.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5d6389',
    500: '#162a5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162a5a;
$custom-light: #5d6389;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162a5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.353,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29861,
    "c": 0.09019,
    "h": 264.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162A5A

secondary

#91783B

accent

#B544E4

background

#F5F5F8

surface

#E9EAF0

border

#C5C6CB

text

#05050B

muted

#79797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #162A5A

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

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