#162A83#162A83

#162A83 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 33.7% C 0.150 H 267.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162A83
RGB	rgb(22, 42, 131)
HSL	hsl(229, 71%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(229, 83%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.2%, 67.9%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.82, 27.47, -51.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.82, 58.73, 297.89°)
OKLab	oklab(33.68% -0.0072 -0.1503)
OKLCH	oklch(33.68% 0.151 267.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.2541, 3.4646, 21.8601)
Luminance	0.0347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162A83 #836F16

analogous

#166083 #162A83 #391683

triadic

#162A83 #83162A #2A8316

tetradic

#162A83 #831660 #836F16 #168339

square

#162A83 #831660 #836F16 #168339

split-complementary

#162A83 #833916 #608316

monochromatic

#04081A #0D194F #162A83 #1F3BB7 #3655DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.40

#162A83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#162A83 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162A83

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162A83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162A83	1.00	12.40	1.69	12.40
#FFFFFF	12.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004252

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162a83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 42, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.7% 0.150 267.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6863a8',
    500: '#162a83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162a83;
$custom-light: #6863a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162a83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.991,
    "s": 71.242,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33679,
    "c": 0.1505,
    "h": 267.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162A83

secondary

#B7A13D

accent

#CD3AEE

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#ECEAF4

border

#C7C6CE

text

#070510

muted

#7A797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #162A83

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

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