#162B79#162B79

#162B79 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 32.9% C 0.135 H 266.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162B79
RGB	rgb(22, 43, 121)
HSL	hsl(227, 69%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(227, 82%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.8%, 64.5%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.13, 22.78, -46.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.13, 51.97, 295.99°)
OKLab	oklab(32.88% -0.0075 -0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(32.88% 0.135 266.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.6447, 3.2783, 18.4734)
Luminance	0.0328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162B79 #796416

analogous

#165C79 #162B79 #321679

triadic

#162B79 #79162B #2B7916

tetradic

#162B79 #79165C #796416 #167932

square

#162B79 #79165C #796416 #167932

split-complementary

#162B79 #793216 #5C7916

monochromatic

#05091A #0D1945 #162B79 #1F3DAD #3054D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.68

#162B79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#162B79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162B79

12.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162B79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162B79	1.00	12.68	1.66	12.68
#FFFFFF	12.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00387C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002E78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003F4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162b79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 43, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.9% 0.135 266.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6664a0',
    500: '#162b79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162b79;
$custom-light: #6664a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162b79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.273,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32877,
    "c": 0.13531,
    "h": 266.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162B79

secondary

#AE963D

accent

#C73CEC

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#EBEAF3

border

#C6C6CD

text

#07050F

muted

#7A797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #162B79

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

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