#162B57#162B57

#162B57 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 29.9% C 0.084 H 263.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162B57
RGB	rgb(22, 43, 87)
HSL	hsl(221, 60%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(221, 75%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 50.6%, 0%, 65.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.30, 8.64, -29.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.30, 30.38, 286.51°)
OKLab	oklab(29.86% -0.0101 -0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(29.86% 0.084 263.1)
XYZ	xyz(2.9144, 2.5862, 9.3606)
Luminance	0.0259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162B57 #574216

analogous

#164C57 #162B57 #221657

triadic

#162B57 #57162B #2B5716

tetradic

#162B57 #57164C #574216 #165722

square

#162B57 #57164C #574216 #165722

split-complementary

#162B57 #572216 #4C5716

monochromatic

#060C18 #0A1326 #162B57 #224388 #2F5BB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.84

#162B57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#162B57 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162B57

13.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162B57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162B57	1.00	13.84	1.52	13.84
#FFFFFF	13.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#143059

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#072A56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00353C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162b57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 43, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.9% 0.084 263.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c6387',
    500: '#162b57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162b57;
$custom-light: #5c6387;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162b57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.615,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29863,
    "c": 0.08403,
    "h": 263.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162B57

secondary

#8E733A

accent

#B045E3

background

#F5F5F8

surface

#E9EAEF

border

#C5C6CA

text

#04050B

muted

#79797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #162B57

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

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