#162A72#162A72

#162A72 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.0% C 0.127 H 266.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162A72
RGB	rgb(22, 42, 114)
HSL	hsl(227, 68%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(227, 81%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.7%, 63.2%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.21, 20.63, -43.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.21, 48.35, 295.26°)
OKLab	oklab(32% -0.0068 -0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(32% 0.127 266.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.1950, 3.0409, 16.2822)
Luminance	0.0304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162A72 #725E16

analogous

#165872 #162A72 #301672

triadic

#162A72 #72162A #2A7216

tetradic

#162A72 #721658 #725E16 #167230

square

#162A72 #721658 #725E16 #167230

split-complementary

#162A72 #723016 #587216

monochromatic

#05091A #0C173F #162A72 #203DA5 #2C51D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.06

#162A72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.61

#162A72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162A72

13.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162A72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162A72	1.00	13.06	1.61	13.06
#FFFFFF	13.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003574

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002D71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003C49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162a72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 42, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.0% 0.127 266.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#64639b',
    500: '#162a72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162a72;
$custom-light: #64639b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162a72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.957,
    "s": 67.647,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31996,
    "c": 0.12657,
    "h": 266.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162A72

secondary

#A8903C

accent

#C53DEB

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBEAF2

border

#C6C6CC

text

#06050E

muted

#7A797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #162A72

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

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