#162A79#162A79

#162A79 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 32.7% C 0.137 H 267.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162A79
RGB	rgb(22, 42, 121)
HSL	hsl(228, 69%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(228, 82%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.8%, 65.3%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.85, 23.48, -47.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.85, 52.68, 296.47°)
OKLab	oklab(32.67% -0.0069 -0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(32.67% 0.137 267.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.6088, 3.2064, 18.4615)
Luminance	0.0321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162A79 #796516

analogous

#165B79 #162A79 #331679

triadic

#162A79 #79162A #2A7916

tetradic

#162A79 #79165B #796516 #167933

square

#162A79 #79165B #796516 #167933

split-complementary

#162A79 #793316 #5B7916

monochromatic

#05091A #0D1845 #162A79 #1F3CAD #3052D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.79

#162A79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#162A79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162A79

12.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162A79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162A79	1.00	12.79	1.64	12.79
#FFFFFF	12.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002E78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003F4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162a79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 42, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.7% 0.137 267.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6663a0',
    500: '#162a79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162a79;
$custom-light: #6663a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162a79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.879,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32675,
    "c": 0.1366,
    "h": 267.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162A79

secondary

#AE973D

accent

#C83CEC

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#EBEAF3

border

#C6C6CD

text

#07050F

muted

#7A797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #162A79

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

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