#162A5C#162A5C

#162A5C is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 30.0% C 0.093 H 264.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162A5C
RGB	rgb(22, 42, 92)
HSL	hsl(223, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(223, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 54.3%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.36, 11.47, -32.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.36, 34.34, 289.52°)
OKLab	oklab(30.03% -0.0083 -0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(30.03% 0.093 264.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.0899, 2.5989, 10.4619)
Luminance	0.0260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162A5C #5C4816

analogous

#164D5C #162A5C #25165C

triadic

#162A5C #5C162A #2A5C16

tetradic

#162A5C #5C164D #5C4816 #165C25

square

#162A5C #5C164D #5C4816 #165C25

split-complementary

#162A5C #5C2516 #4D5C16

monochromatic

#060B19 #0A132B #162A5C #22418D #2E57BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.82

#162A5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#162A5C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162A5C

13.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162A5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162A5C	1.00	13.82	1.52	13.82
#FFFFFF	13.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0C305E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002A5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00363E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162a5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 42, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.0% 0.093 264.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e638a',
    500: '#162a5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162a5c;
$custom-light: #5e638a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162a5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.857,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30026,
    "c": 0.09334,
    "h": 264.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162A5C

secondary

#937A3B

accent

#B643E5

background

#F5F5F8

surface

#E9EAF0

border

#C5C6CB

text

#05050C

muted

#79797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #162A5C

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

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