#162B81#162B81

#162B81 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 33.7% C 0.147 H 267.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162B81
RGB	rgb(22, 43, 129)
HSL	hsl(228, 71%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(228, 83%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.9%, 66.7%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.88, 25.99, -50.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.88, 56.83, 297.21°)
OKLab	oklab(33.67% -0.0077 -0.1463)
OKLCH	oklch(33.67% 0.147 267)
XYZ	xyz(5.1558, 3.4827, 21.1651)
Luminance	0.0348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162B81 #816C16

analogous

#166181 #162B81 #361681

triadic

#162B81 #81162B #2B8116

tetradic

#162B81 #811661 #816C16 #168136

square

#162B81 #811661 #816C16 #168136

split-complementary

#162B81 #813616 #618116

monochromatic

#04091A #0D1A4D #162B81 #1F3CB5 #3556DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.38

#162B81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#162B81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162B81

12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162B81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162B81	1.00	12.38	1.70	12.38
#FFFFFF	12.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004252

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162b81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 43, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.7% 0.147 267.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6864a6',
    500: '#162b81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162b81;
$custom-light: #6864a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162b81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.224,
    "s": 70.861,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33668,
    "c": 0.14652,
    "h": 267
  },
  "luminance": 0.03483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162B81

secondary

#B69E3D

accent

#CA3AEE

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#ECEAF4

border

#C7C6CE

text

#07050F

muted

#7A797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #162B81

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

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