#162B4A#162B4A

#162B4A is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 28.9% C 0.063 H 258.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162B4A
RGB	rgb(22, 43, 74)
HSL	hsl(216, 54%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(216, 70%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 41.9%, 0%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.43, 3.23, -21.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.43, 22.00, 278.44°)
OKLab	oklab(28.9% -0.0131 -0.0618)
OKLCH	oklch(28.9% 0.063 258)
XYZ	xyz(2.4303, 2.3925, 6.8110)
Luminance	0.0239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162B4A #4A3516

analogous

#16454A #162B4A #1B164A

triadic

#162B4A #4A162B #2B4A16

tetradic

#162B4A #4A1645 #4A3516 #164A1B

square

#162B4A #4A1645 #4A3516 #164A1B

split-complementary

#162B4A #4A1B16 #454A16

monochromatic

#070E18 #08101B #162B4A #244679 #3262A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.20

#162B4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#162B4A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162B4A

14.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162B4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162B4A	1.00	14.20	1.48	14.20
#FFFFFF	14.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D2D4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#162949

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003237

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162b4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 43, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.9% 0.063 258.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#59647c',
    500: '#162b4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162b4a;
$custom-light: #59647c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162b4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.769,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 18.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.289,
    "c": 0.06318,
    "h": 258
  },
  "luminance": 0.02393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162B4A

secondary

#82653A

accent

#A24ADE

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#E9EAEE

border

#C5C6C9

text

#040509

muted

#79797B

Preview Lab

Preview with #162B4A

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

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