#162B4C#162B4C

#162B4C is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 29.0% C 0.066 H 259.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162B4C
RGB	rgb(22, 43, 76)
HSL	hsl(217, 55%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(217, 71%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 43.4%, 0%, 70.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.55, 4.05, -22.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.55, 23.28, 280.02°)
OKLab	oklab(29.04% -0.0125 -0.0652)
OKLCH	oklch(29.04% 0.066 259.1)
XYZ	xyz(2.4988, 2.4199, 7.1715)
Luminance	0.0242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162B4C #4C3716

analogous

#16464C #162B4C #1C164C

triadic

#162B4C #4C162B #2B4C16

tetradic

#162B4C #4C1646 #4C3716 #164C1C

square

#162B4C #4C1646 #4C3716 #164C1C

split-complementary

#162B4C #4C1C16 #464C16

monochromatic

#070D18 #08101D #162B4C #24467B #3161AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.15

#162B4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#162B4C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162B4C

14.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162B4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162B4C	1.00	14.15	1.48	14.15
#FFFFFF	14.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C2E4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#15294B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003337

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162b4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 43, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.0% 0.066 259.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5a637e',
    500: '#162b4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162b4c;
$custom-light: #5a637e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162b4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.667,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 19.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2904,
    "c": 0.0664,
    "h": 259.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162B4C

secondary

#84673A

accent

#A449DE

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#E9EAEE

border

#C5C6C9

text

#04050A

muted

#79797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #162B4C

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

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