#162A6A#162A6A

#162A6A is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 31.2% C 0.115 H 266.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162A6A
RGB	rgb(22, 42, 106)
HSL	hsl(226, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(226, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.2%, 60.4%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.50, 17.33, -39.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.50, 43.32, 293.58°)
OKLab	oklab(31.25% -0.0071 -0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(31.25% 0.115 266.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.7594, 2.8667, 13.9881)
Luminance	0.0287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162A6A #6A5616

analogous

#16546A #162A6A #2C166A

triadic

#162A6A #6A162A #2A6A16

tetradic

#162A6A #6A1654 #6A5616 #166A2C

square

#162A6A #6A1654 #6A5616 #166A2C

split-complementary

#162A6A #6A2C16 #546A16

monochromatic

#050A19 #0B1637 #162A6A #213E9D #2B52CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.35

#162A6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#162A6A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162A6A

13.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162A6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162A6A	1.00	13.35	1.57	13.35
#FFFFFF	13.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00336C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002B69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003A45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162a6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 42, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.2% 0.115 266.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#616395',
    500: '#162a6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162a6a;
$custom-light: #616395;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162a6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.714,
    "s": 65.625,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31249,
    "c": 0.11479,
    "h": 266.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162A6A

secondary

#A0883B

accent

#C03FE9

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBEAF2

border

#C6C6CC

text

#06050D

muted

#7A797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #162A6A

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

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