#162B5D#162B5D

#162B5D is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 30.3% C 0.093 H 264.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162B5D
RGB	rgb(22, 43, 93)
HSL	hsl(222, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(222, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 53.8%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.75, 11.16, -32.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.75, 34.26, 289.01°)
OKLab	oklab(30.35% -0.0092 -0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(30.35% 0.094 264.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.1698, 2.6883, 10.7056)
Luminance	0.0269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162B5D #5D4816

analogous

#164E5D #162B5D #25165D

triadic

#162B5D #5D162B #2B5D16

tetradic

#162B5D #5D164E #5D4816 #165D25

square

#162B5D #5D164E #5D4816 #165D25

split-complementary

#162B5D #5D2516 #4E5D16

monochromatic

#060B19 #0A142C #162B5D #22428E #2D59C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.66

#162B5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#162B5D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162B5D

13.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162B5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162B5D	1.00	13.66	1.54	13.66
#FFFFFF	13.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0E315F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002B5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00373F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162b5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 43, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.3% 0.093 264.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e638b',
    500: '#162b5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162b5d;
$custom-light: #5e638b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162b5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.254,
    "s": 61.739,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30347,
    "c": 0.0935,
    "h": 264.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162B5D

secondary

#947A3B

accent

#B543E5

background

#F5F5F8

surface

#EAEAF0

border

#C6C6CB

text

#05050C

muted

#79797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #162B5D

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

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