#162B4E#162B4E

#162B4E is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 29.2% C 0.070 H 260.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162B4E
RGB	rgb(22, 43, 78)
HSL	hsl(218, 56%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(218, 72%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 44.9%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.68, 4.88, -24.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.68, 24.56, 281.46°)
OKLab	oklab(29.18% -0.012 -0.0686)
OKLCH	oklch(29.18% 0.07 260)
XYZ	xyz(2.5694, 2.4481, 7.5434)
Luminance	0.0245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162B4E #4E3916

analogous

#16474E #162B4E #1D164E

triadic

#162B4E #4E162B #2B4E16

tetradic

#162B4E #4E1647 #4E3916 #164E1D

square

#162B4E #4E1647 #4E3916 #164E1D

split-complementary

#162B4E #4E1D16 #474E16

monochromatic

#070D18 #09111E #162B4E #23457E #3160AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.10

#162B4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.49

#162B4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162B4E

14.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162B4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162B4E	1.00	14.10	1.49	14.10
#FFFFFF	14.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B2E4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#13294D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003338

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162b4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 43, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.2% 0.070 260.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5a6380',
    500: '#162b4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162b4e;
$custom-light: #5a6380;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162b4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.5,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29184,
    "c": 0.06962,
    "h": 260
  },
  "luminance": 0.02448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162B4E

secondary

#85693A

accent

#A749DF

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#E9EAEE

border

#C5C6C9

text

#04050A

muted

#79797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #162B4E

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

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