#162B80#162B80

#162B80 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 33.6% C 0.145 H 267.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162B80
RGB	rgb(22, 43, 128)
HSL	hsl(228, 71%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(228, 83%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.8%, 66.4%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.79, 25.59, -50.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.79, 56.23, 297.07°)
OKLab	oklab(33.57% -0.0077 -0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(33.57% 0.145 267)
XYZ	xyz(5.0897, 3.4562, 20.8168)
Luminance	0.0346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162B80 #806B16

analogous

#166080 #162B80 #361680

triadic

#162B80 #80162B #2B8016

tetradic

#162B80 #801660 #806B16 #168036

square

#162B80 #801660 #806B16 #168036

split-complementary

#162B80 #803616 #608016

monochromatic

#04091A #0D194C #162B80 #1F3DB4 #3456DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.42

#162B80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#162B80 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162B80

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162B80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162B80	1.00	12.42	1.69	12.42
#FFFFFF	12.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003983

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004251

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162b80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 43, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.6% 0.145 267.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6764a6',
    500: '#162b80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162b80;
$custom-light: #6764a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162b80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.113,
    "s": 70.667,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33567,
    "c": 0.14514,
    "h": 267
  },
  "luminance": 0.03457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162B80

secondary

#B59D3D

accent

#CA3AED

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#ECEAF4

border

#C7C6CE

text

#07050F

muted

#7A797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #162B80

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

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