#162B50#162B50

#162B50 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 29.3% C 0.073 H 260.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162B50
RGB	rgb(22, 43, 80)
HSL	hsl(218, 57%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(218, 73%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 46.2%, 0%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.82, 5.71, -25.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.82, 25.85, 282.76°)
OKLab	oklab(29.33% -0.0115 -0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(29.33% 0.073 260.9)
XYZ	xyz(2.6422, 2.4773, 7.9268)
Luminance	0.0248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162B50 #503B16

analogous

#164850 #162B50 #1E1650

triadic

#162B50 #50162B #2B5016

tetradic

#162B50 #501648 #503B16 #16501E

square

#162B50 #501648 #503B16 #16501E

split-complementary

#162B50 #501E16 #485016

monochromatic

#070D18 #091120 #162B50 #234580 #305FB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.04

#162B50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.50

#162B50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162B50

14.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162B50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162B50	1.00	14.04	1.50	14.04
#FFFFFF	14.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A2F51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#11294F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003339

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162b50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 43, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.3% 0.073 260.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5b6381',
    500: '#162b50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162b50;
$custom-light: #5b6381;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162b50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.276,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2933,
    "c": 0.07283,
    "h": 260.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162B50

secondary

#876C3A

accent

#A948E0

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#E9EAEE

border

#C5C6C9

text

#04050A

muted

#79797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #162B50

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

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