#162A78#162A78

#162A78 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 32.6% C 0.135 H 267.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162A78
RGB	rgb(22, 42, 120)
HSL	hsl(228, 69%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(228, 82%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.7%, 65%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.76, 23.08, -46.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.76, 52.07, 296.31°)
OKLab	oklab(32.58% -0.0069 -0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(32.58% 0.135 267.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.5478, 3.1820, 18.1402)
Luminance	0.0318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162A78 #786416

analogous

#165B78 #162A78 #331678

triadic

#162A78 #78162A #2A7816

tetradic

#162A78 #78165B #786416 #167833

square

#162A78 #78165B #786416 #167833

split-complementary

#162A78 #783316 #5B7816

monochromatic

#05091A #0D1844 #162A78 #1F3CAC #2F52D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.83

#162A78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#162A78 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162A78

12.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162A78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162A78	1.00	12.83	1.64	12.83
#FFFFFF	12.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002D77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003E4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162a78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 42, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.6% 0.135 267.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6563a0',
    500: '#162a78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162a78;
$custom-light: #6563a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162a78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.755,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32576,
    "c": 0.13518,
    "h": 267.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162A78

secondary

#AD963C

accent

#C83CEC

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBEAF2

border

#C6C6CC

text

#07050F

muted

#7A797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #162A78

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

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