#162B8A#162B8A

#162B8A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.159 H 267.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162B8A
RGB	rgb(22, 43, 138)
HSL	hsl(229, 73%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(229, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.1%, 68.8%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.77, 29.53, -54.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.77, 62.19, 298.35°)
OKLab	oklab(34.59% -0.0081 -0.1586)
OKLCH	oklch(34.59% 0.159 267.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.7806, 3.7326, 24.4556)
Luminance	0.0373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162B8A #8A7516

analogous

#16658A #162B8A #3B168A

triadic

#162B8A #8A162B #2B8A16

tetradic

#162B8A #8A1665 #8A7516 #168A3B

square

#162B8A #8A1665 #8A7516 #168A3B

split-complementary

#162B8A #8A3B16 #658A16

monochromatic

#050A20 #0E1B55 #162B8A #1E3BBF #3B59E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.02

#162B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#162B8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162B8A

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162B8A	1.00	12.02	1.75	12.02
#FFFFFF	12.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003188

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004556

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 43, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.159 267.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a64ad',
    500: '#162b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162b8a;
$custom-light: #6a64ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.138,
    "s": 72.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34586,
    "c": 0.15878,
    "h": 267.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162B8A

secondary

#BEA73E

accent

#CE39EF

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF4

border

#C8C6CE

text

#080510

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #162B8A

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

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