#162B72#162B72

#162B72 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 32.2% C 0.125 H 266.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162B72
RGB	rgb(22, 43, 114)
HSL	hsl(226, 68%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(226, 81%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.7%, 62.3%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.49, 19.92, -43.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.49, 47.63, 294.72°)
OKLab	oklab(32.21% -0.0076 -0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(32.21% 0.125 266.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.2310, 3.1128, 16.2942)
Luminance	0.0311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162B72 #725D16

analogous

#165972 #162B72 #2F1672

triadic

#162B72 #72162B #2B7216

tetradic

#162B72 #721659 #725D16 #16722F

square

#162B72 #721659 #725D16 #16722F

split-complementary

#162B72 #722F16 #597216

monochromatic

#050A1A #0C183F #162B72 #203EA5 #2C53D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.94

#162B72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#162B72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162B72

12.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162B72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162B72	1.00	12.94	1.62	12.94
#FFFFFF	12.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003674

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002D71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003D4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162b72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 43, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.2% 0.125 266.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#64649b',
    500: '#162b72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162b72;
$custom-light: #64649b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162b72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.304,
    "s": 67.647,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32207,
    "c": 0.12524,
    "h": 266.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162B72

secondary

#A88F3C

accent

#C33DEB

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBEAF2

border

#C6C6CC

text

#06050E

muted

#7A797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #162B72

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

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