#162A89#162A89

#162A89 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.3% C 0.159 H 267.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162A89
RGB	rgb(22, 42, 137)
HSL	hsl(230, 72%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(230, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.9%, 69.3%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.42, 29.81, -54.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.42, 62.29, 298.60°)
OKLab	oklab(34.3% -0.0076 -0.1584)
OKLCH	oklch(34.3% 0.159 267.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.6726, 3.6320, 24.0641)
Luminance	0.0363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162A89 #897516

analogous

#166389 #162A89 #3B1689

triadic

#162A89 #89162A #2A8916

tetradic

#162A89 #891663 #897516 #16893B

square

#162A89 #891663 #897516 #16893B

split-complementary

#162A89 #893B16 #638916

monochromatic

#050A20 #0E1A54 #162A89 #1E3ABE #3A57DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.16

#162A89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#162A89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162A89

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162A89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162A89	1.00	12.16	1.73	12.16
#FFFFFF	12.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003087

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004456

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162a89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 42, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.3% 0.159 267.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a63ac',
    500: '#162a89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162a89;
$custom-light: #6a63ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162a89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.565,
    "s": 72.327,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34299,
    "c": 0.15862,
    "h": 267.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162A89

secondary

#BDA73E

accent

#CF39EF

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#ECEAF4

border

#C7C6CE

text

#080510

muted

#7A797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #162A89

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

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