#162B78#162B78

#162B78 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 32.8% C 0.134 H 266.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162B78
RGB	rgb(22, 43, 120)
HSL	hsl(227, 69%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(227, 82%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.7%, 64.2%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.03, 22.37, -46.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.03, 51.35, 295.82°)
OKLab	oklab(32.78% -0.0075 -0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(32.78% 0.134 266.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.5837, 3.2539, 18.1521)
Luminance	0.0325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162B78 #786316

analogous

#165C78 #162B78 #321678

triadic

#162B78 #78162B #2B7816

tetradic

#162B78 #78165C #786316 #167832

square

#162B78 #78165C #786316 #167832

split-complementary

#162B78 #783216 #5C7816

monochromatic

#05091A #0D1844 #162B78 #1F3EAC #2F54D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.72

#162B78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#162B78 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162B78

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162B78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162B78	1.00	12.72	1.65	12.72
#FFFFFF	12.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002E77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003F4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162b78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 43, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.8% 0.134 266.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6564a0',
    500: '#162b78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162b78;
$custom-light: #6564a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162b78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.143,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3278,
    "c": 0.13389,
    "h": 266.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162B78

secondary

#AD953C

accent

#C63CEC

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBEAF2

border

#C6C6CC

text

#07050F

muted

#7A797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #162B78

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

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