#162B7E#162B7E

#162B7E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.4% C 0.142 H 266.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162B7E
RGB	rgb(22, 43, 126)
HSL	hsl(228, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(228, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.5%, 65.9%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.59, 24.79, -49.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.59, 55.02, 296.78°)
OKLab	oklab(33.37% -0.0076 -0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(33.37% 0.142 266.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.9593, 3.4041, 20.1303)
Luminance	0.0340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162B7E #7E6916

analogous

#165F7E #162B7E #35167E

triadic

#162B7E #7E162B #2B7E16

tetradic

#162B7E #7E165F #7E6916 #167E35

square

#162B7E #7E165F #7E6916 #167E35

split-complementary

#162B7E #7E3516 #5F7E16

monochromatic

#05091A #0D194A #162B7E #1F3DB2 #3355DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.49

#162B7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#162B7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162B7E

12.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162B7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162B7E	1.00	12.49	1.68	12.49
#FFFFFF	12.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003981

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004150

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162b7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 43, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.4% 0.142 266.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6764a4',
    500: '#162b7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162b7e;
$custom-light: #6764a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162b7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.885,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33368,
    "c": 0.14235,
    "h": 266.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162B7E

secondary

#B39B3D

accent

#C93BED

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#EBEAF4

border

#C6C6CE

text

#07050F

muted

#7A797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #162B7E

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

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