#162A7E#162A7E

#162A7E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.2% C 0.144 H 267.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162A7E
RGB	rgb(22, 42, 126)
HSL	hsl(228, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(228, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.5%, 66.7%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.33, 25.49, -49.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.33, 55.72, 297.22°)
OKLab	oklab(33.17% -0.007 -0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(33.17% 0.144 267.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.9234, 3.3323, 20.1183)
Luminance	0.0333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162A7E #7E6A16

analogous

#165E7E #162A7E #36167E

triadic

#162A7E #7E162A #2A7E16

tetradic

#162A7E #7E165E #7E6A16 #167E36

square

#162A7E #7E165E #7E6A16 #167E36

split-complementary

#162A7E #7E3616 #5E7E16

monochromatic

#05091A #0D194A #162A7E #1F3BB2 #3353DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.60

#162A7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#162A7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162A7E

12.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162A7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162A7E	1.00	12.60	1.67	12.60
#FFFFFF	12.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003881

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002E7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004050

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162a7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 42, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.2% 0.144 267.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6763a4',
    500: '#162a7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162a7e;
$custom-light: #6763a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162a7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.462,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33172,
    "c": 0.14361,
    "h": 267.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162A7E

secondary

#B39C3D

accent

#CB3BED

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#EBEAF4

border

#C6C6CE

text

#07050F

muted

#7A797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #162A7E

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

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