#162B74#162B74

#162B74 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 32.4% C 0.128 H 266.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162B74
RGB	rgb(22, 43, 116)
HSL	hsl(227, 68%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(227, 81%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(81%, 62.9%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.67, 20.74, -44.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.67, 48.88, 295.11°)
OKLab	oklab(32.4% -0.0075 -0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(32.4% 0.128 266.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.3460, 3.1588, 16.9003)
Luminance	0.0316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162B74 #745F16

analogous

#165A74 #162B74 #301674

triadic

#162B74 #74162B #2B7416

tetradic

#162B74 #74165A #745F16 #167430

square

#162B74 #74165A #745F16 #167430

split-complementary

#162B74 #743016 #5A7416

monochromatic

#050A1A #0C1841 #162B74 #203EA7 #2D53D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.87

#162B74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#162B74 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162B74

12.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162B74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162B74	1.00	12.87	1.63	12.87
#FFFFFF	12.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003676

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002D73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003E4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162b74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 43, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.4% 0.128 266.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#64649d',
    500: '#162b74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162b74;
$custom-light: #64649d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162b74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.596,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32396,
    "c": 0.12814,
    "h": 266.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162B74

secondary

#AA913C

accent

#C43DEB

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBEAF2

border

#C6C6CC

text

#06050E

muted

#7A797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #162B74

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

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