#162B6A#162B6A

#162B6A is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 31.5% C 0.113 H 266.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162B6A
RGB	rgb(22, 43, 106)
HSL	hsl(225, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(225, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.2%, 59.4%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.80, 16.61, -39.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.80, 42.60, 292.95°)
OKLab	oklab(31.47% -0.0079 -0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(31.47% 0.113 266)
XYZ	xyz(3.7954, 2.9385, 14.0000)
Luminance	0.0294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162B6A #6A5516

analogous

#16556A #162B6A #2B166A

triadic

#162B6A #6A162B #2B6A16

tetradic

#162B6A #6A1655 #6A5516 #166A2B

square

#162B6A #6A1655 #6A5516 #166A2B

split-complementary

#162B6A #6A2B16 #556A16

monochromatic

#050A19 #0B1637 #162B6A #21409D #2B54CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.23

#162B6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.59

#162B6A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162B6A

13.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162B6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162B6A	1.00	13.23	1.59	13.23
#FFFFFF	13.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00346C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002C69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003B46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162b6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 43, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.5% 0.113 266.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#616395',
    500: '#162b6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162b6a;
$custom-light: #616395;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162b6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 65.625,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3147,
    "c": 0.11341,
    "h": 266
  },
  "luminance": 0.02939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162B6A

secondary

#A0873B

accent

#BE3FE9

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBEAF2

border

#C6C6CC

text

#06050D

muted

#7A797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #162B6A

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

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