#162B8D#162B8D

#162B8D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.163 H 267.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162B8D
RGB	rgb(22, 43, 141)
HSL	hsl(229, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(229, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.4%, 69.5%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.07, 30.69, -56.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.07, 63.95, 298.68°)
OKLab	oklab(34.9% -0.0083 -0.1626)
OKLCH	oklch(34.9% 0.163 267.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.0008, 3.8207, 25.6153)
Luminance	0.0382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162B8D #8D7816

analogous

#16678D #162B8D #3D168D

triadic

#162B8D #8D162B #2B8D16

tetradic

#162B8D #8D1667 #8D7816 #168D3D

square

#162B8D #8D1667 #8D7816 #168D3D

split-complementary

#162B8D #8D3D16 #678D16

monochromatic

#050B23 #0E1B58 #162B8D #1E3BC2 #3D5AE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.90

#162B8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#162B8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162B8D

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162B8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162B8D	1.00	11.90	1.76	11.90
#FFFFFF	11.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00318B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004658

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162b8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 43, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.163 267.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b64af',
    500: '#162b8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162b8d;
$custom-light: #6b64af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162b8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.412,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34898,
    "c": 0.16277,
    "h": 267.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162B8D

secondary

#C1AA3E

accent

#CF38F0

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF5

border

#C8C6CF

text

#080511

muted

#7B7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #162B8D

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

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