#162B5F#162B5F

#162B5F is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 30.5% C 0.097 H 264.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162B5F
RGB	rgb(22, 43, 95)
HSL	hsl(223, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(223, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 54.7%, 0%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.90, 12.00, -33.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.90, 35.56, 289.72°)
OKLab	oklab(30.51% -0.0089 -0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(30.51% 0.097 264.7)
XYZ	xyz(3.2596, 2.7242, 11.1783)
Luminance	0.0272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162B5F #5F4A16

analogous

#164F5F #162B5F #26165F

triadic

#162B5F #5F162B #2B5F16

tetradic

#162B5F #5F164F #5F4A16 #165F26

square

#162B5F #5F164F #5F4A16 #165F26

split-complementary

#162B5F #5F2616 #4F5F16

monochromatic

#060B19 #0A152D #162B5F #224191 #2D58C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.59

#162B5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.55

#162B5F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162B5F

13.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162B5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162B5F	1.00	13.59	1.55	13.59
#FFFFFF	13.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B3161

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002B5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003740

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162b5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 43, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.5% 0.097 264.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e638d',
    500: '#162b5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162b5f;
$custom-light: #5e638d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162b5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.74,
    "s": 62.393,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30513,
    "c": 0.09662,
    "h": 264.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162B5F

secondary

#967C3B

accent

#B742E5

background

#F5F5F8

surface

#EAEAF0

border

#C6C6CB

text

#05050C

muted

#79797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #162B5F

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

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