#162B85#162B85

#162B85 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.152 H 267.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162B85
RGB	rgb(22, 43, 133)
HSL	hsl(229, 72%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(229, 83%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.5%, 67.7%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.27, 27.57, -52.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.27, 59.23, 297.75°)
OKLab	oklab(34.07% -0.0078 -0.1518)
OKLCH	oklch(34.07% 0.152 267)
XYZ	xyz(5.4269, 3.5911, 22.5929)
Luminance	0.0359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162B85 #857016

analogous

#166285 #162B85 #391685

triadic

#162B85 #85162B #2B8516

tetradic

#162B85 #851662 #857016 #168539

square

#162B85 #851662 #857016 #168539

split-complementary

#162B85 #853916 #628516

monochromatic

#05091C #0D1A50 #162B85 #1F3CBA #3757DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.22

#162B85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#162B85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162B85

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162B85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162B85	1.00	12.22	1.72	12.22
#FFFFFF	12.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003083

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004354

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162b85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 43, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.152 267.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6964a9',
    500: '#162b85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162b85;
$custom-light: #6964a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162b85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.649,
    "s": 71.613,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34072,
    "c": 0.15201,
    "h": 267
  },
  "luminance": 0.03592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162B85

secondary

#B9A23E

accent

#CC39EE

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#ECEAF4

border

#C7C6CE

text

#070510

muted

#7A797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #162B85

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

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