#162A5F#162A5F

#162A5F is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 30.3% C 0.098 H 265.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162A5F
RGB	rgb(22, 42, 95)
HSL	hsl(224, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(224, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 55.8%, 0%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.59, 12.74, -33.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.59, 36.28, 290.55°)
OKLab	oklab(30.28% -0.0079 -0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(30.28% 0.098 265.3)
XYZ	xyz(3.2237, 2.6524, 11.1663)
Luminance	0.0265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162A5F #5F4B16

analogous

#164E5F #162A5F #27165F

triadic

#162A5F #5F162A #2A5F16

tetradic

#162A5F #5F164E #5F4B16 #165F27

square

#162A5F #5F164E #5F4B16 #165F27

split-complementary

#162A5F #5F2716 #4E5F16

monochromatic

#060B19 #0A142D #162A5F #224091 #2D56C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.72

#162A5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#162A5F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162A5F

13.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162A5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162A5F	1.00	13.72	1.53	13.72
#FFFFFF	13.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#073161

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002A5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003740

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162a5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 42, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.3% 0.098 265.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e638d',
    500: '#162a5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162a5f;
$custom-light: #5e638d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162a5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.562,
    "s": 62.393,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30278,
    "c": 0.09802,
    "h": 265.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162A5F

secondary

#967D3B

accent

#B942E5

background

#F5F5F8

surface

#EAEAF0

border

#C6C6CB

text

#05050C

muted

#79797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #162A5F

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

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