#162A8A#162A8A

#162A8A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.160 H 267.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162A8A
RGB	rgb(22, 42, 138)
HSL	hsl(230, 73%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(230, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.1%, 69.6%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.52, 30.20, -55.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.52, 62.87, 298.71°)
OKLab	oklab(34.4% -0.0076 -0.1598)
OKLCH	oklch(34.4% 0.16 267.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.7447, 3.6608, 24.4437)
Luminance	0.0366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162A8A #8A7616

analogous

#16648A #162A8A #3C168A

triadic

#162A8A #8A162A #2A8A16

tetradic

#162A8A #8A1664 #8A7616 #168A3C

square

#162A8A #8A1664 #8A7616 #168A3C

split-complementary

#162A8A #8A3C16 #648A16

monochromatic

#050A20 #0E1A55 #162A8A #1E3ABF #3B57E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.12

#162A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#162A8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162A8A

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162A8A	1.00	12.12	1.73	12.12
#FFFFFF	12.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003088

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004456

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 42, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.160 267.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a63ad',
    500: '#162a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162a8a;
$custom-light: #6a63ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.655,
    "s": 72.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34404,
    "c": 0.15995,
    "h": 267.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162A8A

secondary

#BEA83E

accent

#D039EF

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDEAF4

border

#C8C6CE

text

#080510

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #162A8A

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

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