#162B8E#162B8E

#162B8E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.164 H 267.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162B8E
RGB	rgb(22, 43, 142)
HSL	hsl(230, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(230, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 69.7%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.17, 31.08, -56.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.17, 64.53, 298.79°)
OKLab	oklab(35% -0.0084 -0.1639)
OKLCH	oklch(35% 0.164 267.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.0755, 3.8506, 26.0090)
Luminance	0.0385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162B8E #8E7916

analogous

#16678E #162B8E #3D168E

triadic

#162B8E #8E162B #2B8E16

tetradic

#162B8E #8E1667 #8E7916 #168E3D

square

#162B8E #8E1667 #8E7916 #168E3D

split-complementary

#162B8E #8E3D16 #678E16

monochromatic

#060B24 #0E1B59 #162B8E #1E3BC3 #3D5AE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.86

#162B8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#162B8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162B8E

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162B8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162B8E	1.00	11.86	1.77	11.86
#FFFFFF	11.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00328C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004659

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162b8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 43, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.164 267.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b64b0',
    500: '#162b8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162b8e;
$custom-light: #6b64b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162b8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35003,
    "c": 0.1641,
    "h": 267.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162B8E

secondary

#C1AA3F

accent

#D038F0

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EDEBF6

border

#C8C6D0

text

#080511

muted

#7B7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #162B8E

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

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