#162B59#162B59

#162B59 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 30.0% C 0.087 H 263.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162B59
RGB	rgb(22, 43, 89)
HSL	hsl(221, 60%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(221, 75%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 51.7%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.45, 9.48, -30.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.45, 31.68, 287.41°)
OKLab	oklab(30.02% -0.0098 -0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(30.02% 0.087 263.6)
XYZ	xyz(2.9973, 2.6193, 9.7969)
Luminance	0.0262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162B59 #594416

analogous

#164D59 #162B59 #231659

triadic

#162B59 #59162B #2B5916

tetradic

#162B59 #59164D #594416 #165923

square

#162B59 #59164D #594416 #165923

split-complementary

#162B59 #592316 #4D5916

monochromatic

#060C19 #0A1328 #162B59 #22438A #2E5ABB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.78

#162B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#162B59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162B59

13.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162B59	1.00	13.78	1.52	13.78
#FFFFFF	13.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#12305B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#032A58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00363D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 43, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.0% 0.087 263.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5d6388',
    500: '#162b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162b59;
$custom-light: #5d6388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.194,
    "s": 60.36,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30022,
    "c": 0.08721,
    "h": 263.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162B59

secondary

#90753B

accent

#B244E4

background

#F5F5F8

surface

#E9EAF0

border

#C5C6CB

text

#05050B

muted

#79797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #162B59

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

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