#162B5E#162B5E

#162B5E is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 30.4% C 0.095 H 264.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162B5E
RGB	rgb(22, 43, 94)
HSL	hsl(223, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(223, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 54.3%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.83, 11.58, -32.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.83, 34.91, 289.37°)
OKLab	oklab(30.43% -0.009 -0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(30.43% 0.095 264.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.2144, 2.7061, 10.9404)
Luminance	0.0271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162B5E #5E4916

analogous

#164F5E #162B5E #25165E

triadic

#162B5E #5E162B #2B5E16

tetradic

#162B5E #5E164F #5E4916 #165E25

square

#162B5E #5E164F #5E4916 #165E25

split-complementary

#162B5E #5E2516 #4F5E16

monochromatic

#060B19 #0A142C #162B5E #224290 #2D58C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.63

#162B5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#162B5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162B5E

13.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162B5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162B5E	1.00	13.63	1.54	13.63
#FFFFFF	13.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0C3160

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002B5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003740

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162b5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 43, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.4% 0.095 264.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e638c',
    500: '#162b5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162b5e;
$custom-light: #5e638c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162b5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.5,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3043,
    "c": 0.09506,
    "h": 264.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162B5E

secondary

#957B3B

accent

#B643E5

background

#F5F5F8

surface

#EAEAF0

border

#C6C6CB

text

#05050C

muted

#79797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #162B5E

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

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