#162A7C#162A7C

#162A7C is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.0% C 0.141 H 267.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162A7C
RGB	rgb(22, 42, 124)
HSL	hsl(228, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(228, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.3%, 66.1%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.14, 24.69, -48.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.14, 54.51, 296.93°)
OKLab	oklab(32.97% -0.0069 -0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(32.97% 0.141 267.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.7957, 3.2812, 19.4455)
Luminance	0.0328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162A7C #7C6816

analogous

#165D7C #162A7C #35167C

triadic

#162A7C #7C162A #2A7C16

tetradic

#162A7C #7C165D #7C6816 #167C35

square

#162A7C #7C165D #7C6816 #167C35

split-complementary

#162A7C #7C3516 #5D7C16

monochromatic

#05091A #0D1848 #162A7C #1F3CB0 #3253DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.68

#162A7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#162A7C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162A7C

12.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162A7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162A7C	1.00	12.68	1.66	12.68
#FFFFFF	12.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00387F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002E7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00404F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162a7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 42, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.0% 0.141 267.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6663a3',
    500: '#162a7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162a7c;
$custom-light: #6663a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162a7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.235,
    "s": 69.863,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32972,
    "c": 0.14082,
    "h": 267.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162A7C

secondary

#B19A3D

accent

#CA3BED

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#EBEAF4

border

#C6C6CE

text

#07050F

muted

#7A797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #162A7C

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

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