#162B7F#162B7F

#162B7F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.5% C 0.144 H 267.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162B7F
RGB	rgb(22, 43, 127)
HSL	hsl(228, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(228, 83%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.7%, 66.1%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.69, 25.19, -49.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.69, 55.63, 296.93°)
OKLab	oklab(33.47% -0.0076 -0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(33.47% 0.144 267)
XYZ	xyz(5.0242, 3.4300, 20.4718)
Luminance	0.0343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162B7F #7F6A16

analogous

#16607F #162B7F #36167F

triadic

#162B7F #7F162B #2B7F16

tetradic

#162B7F #7F1660 #7F6A16 #167F36

square

#162B7F #7F1660 #7F6A16 #167F36

split-complementary

#162B7F #7F3616 #607F16

monochromatic

#05091A #0D194B #162B7F #1F3DB3 #3455DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.45

#162B7F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#162B7F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162B7F

12.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162B7F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162B7F	1.00	12.45	1.69	12.45
#FFFFFF	12.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003982

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004150

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162b7f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 43, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.5% 0.144 267.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6764a5',
    500: '#162b7f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162b7f;
$custom-light: #6764a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162b7f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228,
    "s": 70.47,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33467,
    "c": 0.14375,
    "h": 267
  },
  "luminance": 0.03431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162B7F

secondary

#B49C3D

accent

#CA3BED

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#EBEAF4

border

#C6C6CE

text

#07050F

muted

#7A797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #162B7F

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

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