#162A73#162A73

#162A73 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 32.1% C 0.128 H 266.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162A73
RGB	rgb(22, 42, 115)
HSL	hsl(227, 68%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(227, 81%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.9%, 63.5%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.30, 21.04, -44.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.30, 48.98, 295.45°)
OKLab	oklab(32.09% -0.0068 -0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(32.09% 0.128 266.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.2523, 3.0638, 16.5836)
Luminance	0.0306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162A73 #735F16

analogous

#165973 #162A73 #311673

triadic

#162A73 #73162A #2A7316

tetradic

#162A73 #731659 #735F16 #167331

square

#162A73 #731659 #735F16 #167331

split-complementary

#162A73 #733116 #597316

monochromatic

#05091A #0C1740 #162A73 #203DA6 #2D51D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.02

#162A73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.61

#162A73 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162A73

13.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162A73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162A73	1.00	13.02	1.61	13.02
#FFFFFF	13.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003575

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002D72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003D4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162a73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 42, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.1% 0.128 266.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#64639c',
    500: '#162a73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162a73;
$custom-light: #64639c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162a73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.097,
    "s": 67.883,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32092,
    "c": 0.12801,
    "h": 266.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162A73

secondary

#A9913C

accent

#C53DEB

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBEAF2

border

#C6C6CC

text

#06050E

muted

#7A797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #162A73

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

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