#162B52#162B52

#162B52 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 29.5% C 0.076 H 261.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162B52
RGB	rgb(22, 43, 82)
HSL	hsl(219, 58%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(219, 73%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 47.6%, 0%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.95, 6.54, -26.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.95, 27.14, 283.95°)
OKLab	oklab(29.48% -0.0111 -0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(29.48% 0.076 261.6)
XYZ	xyz(2.7172, 2.5073, 8.3218)
Luminance	0.0251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162B52 #523D16

analogous

#164952 #162B52 #1F1652

triadic

#162B52 #52162B #2B5216

tetradic

#162B52 #521649 #523D16 #16521F

square

#162B52 #521649 #523D16 #16521F

split-complementary

#162B52 #521F16 #495216

monochromatic

#060D18 #091222 #162B52 #234482 #305EB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.99

#162B52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.50

#162B52 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162B52

13.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162B52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162B52	1.00	13.99	1.50	13.99
#FFFFFF	13.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#182F53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0E2951

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00343A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162b52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 43, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.5% 0.076 261.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5b6383',
    500: '#162b52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162b52;
$custom-light: #5b6383;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162b52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 20.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29479,
    "c": 0.07604,
    "h": 261.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162B52

secondary

#896E3A

accent

#AB47E1

background

#F5F5F8

surface

#E9EAEF

border

#C5C6CA

text

#04050A

muted

#79797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #162B52

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

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