#162A6E#162A6E

#162A6E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 31.6% C 0.121 H 266.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162A6E
RGB	rgb(22, 42, 110)
HSL	hsl(226, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(226, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(80%, 61.8%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.85, 18.99, -41.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.85, 45.85, 294.47°)
OKLab	oklab(31.62% -0.0069 -0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(31.62% 0.121 266.7)
XYZ	xyz(3.9723, 2.9518, 15.1092)
Luminance	0.0295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162A6E #6E5A16

analogous

#16566E #162A6E #2E166E

triadic

#162A6E #6E162A #2A6E16

tetradic

#162A6E #6E1656 #6E5A16 #166E2E

square

#162A6E #6E1656 #6E5A16 #166E2E

split-complementary

#162A6E #6E2E16 #566E16

monochromatic

#050A1A #0C173B #162A6E #203DA1 #2A51D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.20

#162A6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.59

#162A6E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162A6E

13.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162A6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162A6E	1.00	13.20	1.59	13.20
#FFFFFF	13.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003470

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002C6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003B47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162a6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 42, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.6% 0.121 266.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#636398',
    500: '#162a6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162a6e;
$custom-light: #636398;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162a6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.364,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31619,
    "c": 0.12072,
    "h": 266.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162A6E

secondary

#A48C3C

accent

#C33EEA

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBEAF2

border

#C6C6CC

text

#06050E

muted

#7A797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #162A6E

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

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