#162B7C#162B7C

#162B7C is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.2% C 0.140 H 266.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162B7C
RGB	rgb(22, 43, 124)
HSL	hsl(228, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(228, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.3%, 65.3%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.41, 23.99, -48.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.41, 53.80, 296.48°)
OKLab	oklab(33.17% -0.0076 -0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(33.17% 0.14 266.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.8316, 3.3530, 19.4574)
Luminance	0.0335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162B7C #7C6716

analogous

#165E7C #162B7C #34167C

triadic

#162B7C #7C162B #2B7C16

tetradic

#162B7C #7C165E #7C6716 #167C34

square

#162B7C #7C165E #7C6716 #167C34

split-complementary

#162B7C #7C3416 #5E7C16

monochromatic

#05091A #0D1948 #162B7C #1F3DB0 #3255DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.57

#162B7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#162B7C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162B7C

12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162B7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162B7C	1.00	12.57	1.67	12.57
#FFFFFF	12.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00387F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00404F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162b7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 43, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.2% 0.140 266.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6664a3',
    500: '#162b7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162b7c;
$custom-light: #6664a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162b7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.647,
    "s": 69.863,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3317,
    "c": 0.13955,
    "h": 266.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162B7C

secondary

#B1993D

accent

#C83BED

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#EBEAF4

border

#C6C6CE

text

#07050F

muted

#7A797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #162B7C

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

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