#162B5A#162B5A

#162B5A is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 30.1% C 0.089 H 263.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162B5A
RGB	rgb(22, 43, 90)
HSL	hsl(221, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(221, 76%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 52.2%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.52, 9.90, -30.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.52, 32.32, 287.83°)
OKLab	oklab(30.1% -0.0096 -0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(30.1% 0.089 263.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.0396, 2.6362, 10.0195)
Luminance	0.0264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162B5A #5A4516

analogous

#164D5A #162B5A #23165A

triadic

#162B5A #5A162B #2B5A16

tetradic

#162B5A #5A164D #5A4516 #165A23

square

#162B5A #5A164D #5A4516 #165A23

split-complementary

#162B5A #5A2316 #4D5A16

monochromatic

#060C19 #0A1429 #162B5A #22428B #2E5ABC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.75

#162B5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#162B5A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162B5A

13.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162B5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162B5A	1.00	13.75	1.53	13.75
#FFFFFF	13.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#11305C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#012A59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00363E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162b5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 43, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.1% 0.089 263.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5d6389',
    500: '#162b5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162b5a;
$custom-light: #5d6389;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162b5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.471,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30102,
    "c": 0.08878,
    "h": 263.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162B5A

secondary

#91763B

accent

#B244E4

background

#F5F5F8

surface

#E9EAF0

border

#C5C6CB

text

#05050B

muted

#79797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #162B5A

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

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