#162B7D#162B7D

#162B7D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.3% C 0.141 H 266.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162B7D
RGB	rgb(22, 43, 125)
HSL	hsl(228, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(228, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.4%, 65.6%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.50, 24.39, -48.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.50, 54.41, 296.63°)
OKLab	oklab(33.27% -0.0076 -0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(33.27% 0.141 266.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.8951, 3.3784, 19.7922)
Luminance	0.0338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162B7D #7D6816

analogous

#165F7D #162B7D #35167D

triadic

#162B7D #7D162B #2B7D16

tetradic

#162B7D #7D165F #7D6816 #167D35

square

#162B7D #7D165F #7D6816 #167D35

split-complementary

#162B7D #7D3516 #5F7D16

monochromatic

#05091A #0D1949 #162B7D #1F3DB1 #3255DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.53

#162B7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#162B7D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162B7D

12.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162B7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162B7D	1.00	12.53	1.68	12.53
#FFFFFF	12.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003980

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00414F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162b7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 43, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.3% 0.141 266.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6764a3',
    500: '#162b7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162b7d;
$custom-light: #6764a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162b7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.767,
    "s": 70.068,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33269,
    "c": 0.14095,
    "h": 266.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162B7D

secondary

#B29A3D

accent

#C93BED

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#EBEAF4

border

#C6C6CE

text

#07050F

muted

#7A797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #162B7D

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

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