#162B5B#162B5B

#162B5B is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 30.2% C 0.090 H 264.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162B5B
RGB	rgb(22, 43, 91)
HSL	hsl(222, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(222, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.8%, 52.7%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.60, 10.32, -31.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.60, 32.97, 288.24°)
OKLab	oklab(30.18% -0.0094 -0.0899)
OKLCH	oklch(30.18% 0.09 264)
XYZ	xyz(3.0824, 2.6533, 10.2452)
Luminance	0.0265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162B5B #5B4616

analogous

#164E5B #162B5B #24165B

triadic

#162B5B #5B162B #2B5B16

tetradic

#162B5B #5B164E #5B4616 #165B24

square

#162B5B #5B164E #5B4616 #165B24

split-complementary

#162B5B #5B2416 #4E5B16

monochromatic

#060C19 #0A142A #162B5B #22428C #2E5ABE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.72

#162B5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#162B5B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162B5B

13.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162B5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162B5B	1.00	13.72	1.53	13.72
#FFFFFF	13.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#10315D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002A5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00363E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162b5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 43, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.2% 0.090 264.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5d638a',
    500: '#162b5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162b5b;
$custom-light: #5d638a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162b5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.739,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30183,
    "c": 0.09036,
    "h": 264
  },
  "luminance": 0.02654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162B5B

secondary

#92783B

accent

#B344E4

background

#F5F5F8

surface

#E9EAF0

border

#C5C6CB

text

#05050C

muted

#79797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #162B5B

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

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