#162A74#162A74

#162A74 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 32.2% C 0.129 H 267.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162A74
RGB	rgb(22, 42, 116)
HSL	hsl(227, 68%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(227, 81%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(81%, 63.8%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.39, 21.45, -44.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.39, 49.60, 295.63°)
OKLab	oklab(32.19% -0.0068 -0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(32.19% 0.129 267)
XYZ	xyz(4.3101, 3.0870, 16.8883)
Luminance	0.0309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162A74 #746016

analogous

#165974 #162A74 #311674

triadic

#162A74 #74162A #2A7416

tetradic

#162A74 #741659 #746016 #167431

square

#162A74 #741659 #746016 #167431

split-complementary

#162A74 #743116 #597416

monochromatic

#05091A #0C1741 #162A74 #203DA7 #2D51D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.98

#162A74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#162A74 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162A74

12.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162A74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162A74	1.00	12.98	1.62	12.98
#FFFFFF	12.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003676

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002D73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003D4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162a74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 42, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.2% 0.129 267.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#64639d',
    500: '#162a74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162a74;
$custom-light: #64639d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162a74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.234,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32188,
    "c": 0.12946,
    "h": 267
  },
  "luminance": 0.03087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162A74

secondary

#AA923C

accent

#C63DEB

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBEAF2

border

#C6C6CC

text

#06050E

muted

#7A797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #162A74

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

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