#162A7B#162A7B

#162A7B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 32.9% C 0.139 H 267.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162A7B
RGB	rgb(22, 42, 123)
HSL	hsl(228, 70%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(228, 82%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.1%, 65.9%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.04, 24.29, -48.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.04, 53.90, 296.78°)
OKLab	oklab(32.87% -0.0069 -0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(32.87% 0.139 267.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.7327, 3.2560, 19.1141)
Luminance	0.0326 (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

#162A7B #7B6716

analogous

#165C7B #162A7B #34167B

triadic

#162A7B #7B162A #2A7B16

tetradic

#162A7B #7B165C #7B6716 #167B34

square

#162A7B #7B165C #7B6716 #167B34

split-complementary

#162A7B #7B3416 #5C7B16

monochromatic

#05091A #0D1847 #162A7B #1F3CAF #3153DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.72

#162A7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#162A7B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162A7B

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162A7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162A7B	1.00	12.72	1.65	12.72
#FFFFFF	12.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002E79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003F4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162a7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 42, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.9% 0.139 267.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6663a2',
    500: '#162a7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162a7b;
$custom-light: #6663a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162a7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.119,
    "s": 69.655,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32872,
    "c": 0.13942,
    "h": 267.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162A7B

secondary

#B0993D

accent

#C93BEC

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#EBEAF4

border

#C6C6CE

text

#07050F

muted

#7A797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #162A7B

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

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