#162B7A#162B7A

#162B7A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.0% C 0.137 H 266.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162B7A
RGB	rgb(22, 43, 122)
HSL	hsl(227, 69%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(227, 82%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(82%, 64.8%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.22, 23.18, -47.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.22, 52.58, 296.16°)
OKLab	oklab(32.97% -0.0075 -0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(32.97% 0.137 266.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.7064, 3.3029, 18.7981)
Luminance	0.0330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162B7A #7A6516

analogous

#165D7A #162B7A #33167A

triadic

#162B7A #7A162B #2B7A16

tetradic

#162B7A #7A165D #7A6516 #167A33

square

#162B7A #7A165D #7A6516 #167A33

split-complementary

#162B7A #7A3316 #5D7A16

monochromatic

#05091A #0D1946 #162B7A #1F3DAE #3154DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.65

#162B7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#162B7A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162B7A

12.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162B7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162B7A	1.00	12.65	1.66	12.65
#FFFFFF	12.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00387D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002E78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00404E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162b7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 43, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.0% 0.137 266.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6664a1',
    500: '#162b7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162b7a;
$custom-light: #6664a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162b7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.4,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32974,
    "c": 0.13673,
    "h": 266.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162B7A

secondary

#AF973D

accent

#C73CEC

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#EBEAF3

border

#C6C6CD

text

#07050F

muted

#7A797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #162B7A

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

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