#162B56#162B56

#162B56 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 29.8% C 0.082 H 262.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162B56
RGB	rgb(22, 43, 86)
HSL	hsl(220, 59%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(220, 74%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 50%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.23, 8.22, -28.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.23, 29.73, 286.05°)
OKLab	oklab(29.79% -0.0103 -0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(29.79% 0.082 262.8)
XYZ	xyz(2.8739, 2.5699, 9.1469)
Luminance	0.0257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162B56 #564116

analogous

#164B56 #162B56 #211656

triadic

#162B56 #56162B #2B5616

tetradic

#162B56 #56164B #564116 #165621

square

#162B56 #56164B #564116 #165621

split-complementary

#162B56 #562116 #4B5616

monochromatic

#060C18 #0A1325 #162B56 #224387 #2F5CB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.87

#162B56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#162B56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162B56

13.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162B56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162B56	1.00	13.87	1.51	13.87
#FFFFFF	13.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#153058

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#082A55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00353C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162b56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 43, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.8% 0.082 262.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c6386',
    500: '#162b56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162b56;
$custom-light: #5c6386;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162b56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.313,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29785,
    "c": 0.08244,
    "h": 262.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162B56

secondary

#8D723A

accent

#AF45E2

background

#F5F5F8

surface

#E9EAEF

border

#C5C6CA

text

#04050B

muted

#79797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #162B56

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

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