#162A8D#162A8D

#162A8D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.164 H 267.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162A8D
RGB	rgb(22, 42, 141)
HSL	hsl(230, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(230, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.4%, 70.2%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.82, 31.36, -56.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.82, 64.63, 299.02°)
OKLab	oklab(34.72% -0.0079 -0.1637)
OKLCH	oklch(34.72% 0.164 267.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.9649, 3.7489, 25.6034)
Luminance	0.0375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162A8D #8D7916

analogous

#16668D #162A8D #3E168D

triadic

#162A8D #8D162A #2A8D16

tetradic

#162A8D #8D1666 #8D7916 #168D3E

square

#162A8D #8D1666 #8D7916 #168D3E

split-complementary

#162A8D #8D3E16 #668D16

monochromatic

#050A23 #0E1A58 #162A8D #1E3AC2 #3D58E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.00

#162A8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#162A8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162A8D

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162A8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162A8D	1.00	12.00	1.75	12.00
#FFFFFF	12.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00318B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004558

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162a8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 42, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.164 267.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b63af',
    500: '#162a8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162a8d;
$custom-light: #6b63af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162a8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.916,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34719,
    "c": 0.16394,
    "h": 267.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162A8D

secondary

#C1AB3E

accent

#D138F0

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDEAF5

border

#C8C6CF

text

#080511

muted

#7B7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #162A8D

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

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