#162A85#162A85

#162A85 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 33.9% C 0.153 H 267.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162A85
RGB	rgb(22, 42, 133)
HSL	hsl(229, 72%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(229, 83%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.5%, 68.4%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.01, 28.26, -52.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.01, 59.92, 298.13°)
OKLab	oklab(33.88% -0.0073 -0.153)
OKLCH	oklch(33.88% 0.153 267.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.3910, 3.5193, 22.5809)
Luminance	0.0352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162A85 #857116

analogous

#166185 #162A85 #391685

triadic

#162A85 #85162A #2A8516

tetradic

#162A85 #851661 #857116 #168539

square

#162A85 #851661 #857116 #168539

split-complementary

#162A85 #853916 #618516

monochromatic

#05091C #0D1950 #162A85 #1F3BBA #3755DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.32

#162A85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#162A85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162A85

12.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162A85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162A85	1.00	12.32	1.70	12.32
#FFFFFF	12.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004353

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162a85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 42, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.9% 0.153 267.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6963a9',
    500: '#162a85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162a85;
$custom-light: #6963a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162a85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.189,
    "s": 71.613,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33884,
    "c": 0.15323,
    "h": 267.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162A85

secondary

#B9A33E

accent

#CE39EE

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#ECEAF4

border

#C7C6CE

text

#070510

muted

#7A797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #162A85

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

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