#162A5E#162A5E

#162A5E is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 30.2% C 0.096 H 265.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162A5E
RGB	rgb(22, 42, 94)
HSL	hsl(223, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(223, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 55.3%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.52, 12.32, -33.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.52, 35.63, 290.22°)
OKLab	oklab(30.19% -0.0081 -0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(30.19% 0.096 265.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.1785, 2.6343, 10.9285)
Luminance	0.0263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162A5E #5E4A16

analogous

#164E5E #162A5E #26165E

triadic

#162A5E #5E162A #2A5E16

tetradic

#162A5E #5E164E #5E4A16 #165E26

square

#162A5E #5E164E #5E4A16 #165E26

split-complementary

#162A5E #5E2616 #4E5E16

monochromatic

#060B19 #0A142C #162A5E #224090 #2D56C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.75

#162A5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#162A5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162A5E

13.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162A5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162A5E	1.00	13.75	1.53	13.75
#FFFFFF	13.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#093160

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002A5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00363F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162a5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 42, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.2% 0.096 265.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e638c',
    500: '#162a5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162a5e;
$custom-light: #5e638c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162a5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.333,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30193,
    "c": 0.09647,
    "h": 265.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162A5E

secondary

#957C3B

accent

#B843E5

background

#F5F5F8

surface

#EAEAF0

border

#C6C6CB

text

#05050C

muted

#79797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #162A5E

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

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