#162B89#162B89

#162B89 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.157 H 267.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162B89
RGB	rgb(22, 43, 137)
HSL	hsl(229, 72%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(229, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.9%, 68.6%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.67, 29.14, -54.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.67, 61.60, 298.23°)
OKLab	oklab(34.48% -0.0081 -0.1572)
OKLCH	oklch(34.48% 0.157 267.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.7085, 3.7038, 24.0761)
Luminance	0.0370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162B89 #897416

analogous

#166489 #162B89 #3A1689

triadic

#162B89 #89162B #2B8916

tetradic

#162B89 #891664 #897416 #16893A

square

#162B89 #891664 #897416 #16893A

split-complementary

#162B89 #893A16 #648916

monochromatic

#050A20 #0E1A54 #162B89 #1E3CBE #3A58DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.06

#162B89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#162B89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162B89

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162B89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162B89	1.00	12.06	1.74	12.06
#FFFFFF	12.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003187

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004556

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162b89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 43, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.157 267.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a64ac',
    500: '#162b89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162b89;
$custom-light: #6a64ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162b89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.043,
    "s": 72.327,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34483,
    "c": 0.15743,
    "h": 267.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162B89

secondary

#BDA63E

accent

#CE39EF

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#ECEBF4

border

#C7C6CE

text

#080510

muted

#7A7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #162B89

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

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