#162B77#162B77

#162B77 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 32.7% C 0.132 H 266.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162B77
RGB	rgb(22, 43, 119)
HSL	hsl(227, 69%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(227, 82%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.5%, 63.9%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.94, 21.96, -45.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.94, 50.74, 295.65°)
OKLab	oklab(32.68% -0.0075 -0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(32.68% 0.132 266.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.5234, 3.2297, 17.8342)
Luminance	0.0323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162B77 #776216

analogous

#165C77 #162B77 #311677

triadic

#162B77 #77162B #2B7716

tetradic

#162B77 #77165C #776216 #167731

square

#162B77 #77165C #776216 #167731

split-complementary

#162B77 #773116 #5C7716

monochromatic

#05091A #0C1843 #162B77 #203EAB #2F54D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.76

#162B77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#162B77 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162B77

12.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162B77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162B77	1.00	12.76	1.65	12.76
#FFFFFF	12.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003779

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002E76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003F4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162b77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 43, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.7% 0.132 266.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#65649f',
    500: '#162b77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162b77;
$custom-light: #65649f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162b77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.01,
    "s": 68.794,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32683,
    "c": 0.13246,
    "h": 266.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162B77

secondary

#AC943C

accent

#C63CEC

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBEAF2

border

#C6C6CC

text

#06050F

muted

#7A797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #162B77

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

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