#162B7B#162B7B

#162B7B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.1% C 0.138 H 266.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162B7B
RGB	rgb(22, 43, 123)
HSL	hsl(228, 70%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(228, 82%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.1%, 65%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.31, 23.59, -47.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.31, 53.19, 296.32°)
OKLab	oklab(33.07% -0.0075 -0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(33.07% 0.138 266.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.7687, 3.3278, 19.1261)
Luminance	0.0333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162B7B #7B6616

analogous

#165D7B #162B7B #33167B

triadic

#162B7B #7B162B #2B7B16

tetradic

#162B7B #7B165D #7B6616 #167B33

square

#162B7B #7B165D #7B6616 #167B33

split-complementary

#162B7B #7B3316 #5D7B16

monochromatic

#05091A #0D1947 #162B7B #1F3DAF #3154DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.61

#162B7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#162B7B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162B7B

12.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162B7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162B7B	1.00	12.61	1.67	12.61
#FFFFFF	12.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00387E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00404E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162b7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 43, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.1% 0.138 266.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6664a2',
    500: '#162b7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162b7b;
$custom-light: #6664a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162b7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.525,
    "s": 69.655,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33072,
    "c": 0.13815,
    "h": 266.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162B7B

secondary

#B0983D

accent

#C83BEC

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#EBEAF4

border

#C6C6CE

text

#07050F

muted

#7A797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #162B7B

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

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