#162A7F#162A7F

#162A7F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.3% C 0.145 H 267.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162A7F
RGB	rgb(22, 42, 127)
HSL	hsl(229, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(229, 83%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.7%, 66.9%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.42, 25.89, -50.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.42, 56.33, 297.36°)
OKLab	oklab(33.27% -0.007 -0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(33.27% 0.145 267.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.9883, 3.3582, 20.4599)
Luminance	0.0336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162A7F #7F6B16

analogous

#165F7F #162A7F #36167F

triadic

#162A7F #7F162A #2A7F16

tetradic

#162A7F #7F165F #7F6B16 #167F36

square

#162A7F #7F165F #7F6B16 #167F36

split-complementary

#162A7F #7F3616 #5F7F16

monochromatic

#05091A #0D194B #162A7F #1F3BB3 #3454DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.56

#162A7F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#162A7F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162A7F

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162A7F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162A7F	1.00	12.56	1.67	12.56
#FFFFFF	12.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003882

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004150

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162a7f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 42, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.3% 0.145 267.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6763a5',
    500: '#162a7f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162a7f;
$custom-light: #6763a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162a7f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.571,
    "s": 70.47,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33272,
    "c": 0.145,
    "h": 267.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162A7F

secondary

#B49D3D

accent

#CB3BED

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#ECEAF4

border

#C7C6CE

text

#07050F

muted

#7A797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #162A7F

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

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