#162B5C#162B5C

#162B5C is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 30.3% C 0.092 H 264.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162B5C
RGB	rgb(22, 43, 92)
HSL	hsl(222, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(222, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 53.3%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.67, 10.74, -31.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.67, 33.62, 288.63°)
OKLab	oklab(30.26% -0.0093 -0.0915)
OKLCH	oklch(30.26% 0.092 264.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.1258, 2.6707, 10.4739)
Luminance	0.0267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162B5C #5C4716

analogous

#164E5C #162B5C #24165C

triadic

#162B5C #5C162B #2B5C16

tetradic

#162B5C #5C164E #5C4716 #165C24

square

#162B5C #5C164E #5C4716 #165C24

split-complementary

#162B5C #5C2416 #4E5C16

monochromatic

#060C19 #0A142B #162B5C #22428D #2E59BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.69

#162B5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#162B5C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162B5C

13.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162B5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162B5C	1.00	13.69	1.53	13.69
#FFFFFF	13.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F315E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002A5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00373F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162b5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 43, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.3% 0.092 264.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e638a',
    500: '#162b5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162b5c;
$custom-light: #5e638a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162b5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30265,
    "c": 0.09193,
    "h": 264.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162B5C

secondary

#93793B

accent

#B443E5

background

#F5F5F8

surface

#E9EAF0

border

#C5C6CB

text

#05050C

muted

#79797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #162B5C

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

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