#162B49#162B49

#162B49 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 28.8% C 0.062 H 257.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162B49
RGB	rgb(22, 43, 73)
HSL	hsl(215, 54%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(215, 70%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 41.1%, 0%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.36, 2.82, -21.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.36, 21.37, 277.58°)
OKLab	oklab(28.83% -0.0134 -0.0601)
OKLCH	oklch(28.83% 0.062 257.5)
XYZ	xyz(2.3969, 2.3791, 6.6349)
Luminance	0.0238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162B49 #493416

analogous

#164449 #162B49 #1A1649

triadic

#162B49 #49162B #2B4916

tetradic

#162B49 #491644 #493416 #16491A

square

#162B49 #491644 #493416 #16491A

split-complementary

#162B49 #491A16 #444916

monochromatic

#070E18 #080F1A #162B49 #244778 #3262A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.23

#162B49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#162B49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162B49

14.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162B49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162B49	1.00	14.23	1.48	14.23
#FFFFFF	14.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E2D4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#172848

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003236

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162b49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 43, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.8% 0.062 257.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#59647c',
    500: '#162b49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162b49;
$custom-light: #59647c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162b49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.294,
    "s": 53.684,
    "l": 18.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28831,
    "c": 0.06158,
    "h": 257.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162B49

secondary

#80643A

accent

#A14BDD

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#E9EAEE

border

#C5C6C9

text

#040509

muted

#79797B

Preview Lab

Preview with #162B49

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

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