#162B4F#162B4F

#162B4F is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 29.3% C 0.071 H 260.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162B4F
RGB	rgb(22, 43, 79)
HSL	hsl(218, 56%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(218, 72%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 45.6%, 0%, 69%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.75, 5.29, -24.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.75, 25.20, 282.12°)
OKLab	oklab(29.26% -0.0118 -0.0702)
OKLCH	oklch(29.26% 0.071 260.5)
XYZ	xyz(2.6055, 2.4626, 7.7336)
Luminance	0.0246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162B4F #4F3A16

analogous

#16484F #162B4F #1E164F

triadic

#162B4F #4F162B #2B4F16

tetradic

#162B4F #4F1648 #4F3A16 #164F1E

square

#162B4F #4F1648 #4F3A16 #164F1E

split-complementary

#162B4F #4F1E16 #484F16

monochromatic

#070D18 #09111F #162B4F #23457F #315FAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.07

#162B4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.49

#162B4F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162B4F

14.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162B4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162B4F	1.00	14.07	1.49	14.07
#FFFFFF	14.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A2E50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#12294E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003339

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162b4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 43, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.3% 0.071 260.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5a6380',
    500: '#162b4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162b4f;
$custom-light: #5a6380;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162b4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.895,
    "s": 56.436,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29256,
    "c": 0.07122,
    "h": 260.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162B4F

secondary

#866A3A

accent

#A848E0

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#E9EAEE

border

#C5C6C9

text

#04050A

muted

#79797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #162B4F

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

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