#162A5D#162A5D

#162A5D is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 30.1% C 0.095 H 265.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162A5D
RGB	rgb(22, 42, 93)
HSL	hsl(223, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(223, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 54.8%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.44, 11.89, -32.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.44, 34.98, 289.88°)
OKLab	oklab(30.11% -0.0082 -0.0945)
OKLCH	oklch(30.11% 0.095 265.1)
XYZ	xyz(3.1339, 2.6165, 10.6937)
Luminance	0.0262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162A5D #5D4916

analogous

#164D5D #162A5D #26165D

triadic

#162A5D #5D162A #2A5D16

tetradic

#162A5D #5D164D #5D4916 #165D26

square

#162A5D #5D164D #5D4916 #165D26

split-complementary

#162A5D #5D2616 #4D5D16

monochromatic

#060B19 #0A142C #162A5D #22408E #2D57C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.78

#162A5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#162A5D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162A5D

13.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162A5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162A5D	1.00	13.78	1.52	13.78
#FFFFFF	13.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0A305F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002A5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00363F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162a5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 42, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.1% 0.095 265.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e638b',
    500: '#162a5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162a5d;
$custom-light: #5e638b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162a5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.099,
    "s": 61.739,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30109,
    "c": 0.0949,
    "h": 265.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162A5D

secondary

#947B3B

accent

#B743E5

background

#F5F5F8

surface

#EAEAF0

border

#C6C6CB

text

#05050C

muted

#79797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #162A5D

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

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