#162A5B#162A5B

#162A5B is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 29.9% C 0.092 H 264.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162A5B
RGB	rgb(22, 42, 91)
HSL	hsl(223, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(223, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.8%, 53.8%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.28, 11.05, -31.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.28, 33.69, 289.16°)
OKLab	oklab(29.94% -0.0084 -0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(29.94% 0.092 264.7)
XYZ	xyz(3.0465, 2.5815, 10.2332)
Luminance	0.0258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162A5B #5B4716

analogous

#164D5B #162A5B #25165B

triadic

#162A5B #5B162A #2A5B16

tetradic

#162A5B #5B164D #5B4716 #165B25

square

#162A5B #5B164D #5B4716 #165B25

split-complementary

#162A5B #5B2516 #4D5B16

monochromatic

#060B19 #0A132A #162A5B #22418C #2E57BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.85

#162A5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#162A5B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162A5B

13.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162A5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162A5B	1.00	13.85	1.52	13.85
#FFFFFF	13.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0D305D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002A5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00363E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162a5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 42, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.9% 0.092 264.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5d638a',
    500: '#162a5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162a5b;
$custom-light: #5d638a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162a5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.609,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29943,
    "c": 0.09177,
    "h": 264.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162A5B

secondary

#92793B

accent

#B644E4

background

#F5F5F8

surface

#E9EAF0

border

#C5C6CB

text

#05050C

muted

#79797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #162A5B

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

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