#162B8F#162B8F

#162B8F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.165 H 267.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162B8F
RGB	rgb(22, 43, 143)
HSL	hsl(230, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(230, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.6%, 69.9%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.27, 31.46, -57.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.27, 65.11, 298.89°)
OKLab	oklab(35.11% -0.0084 -0.1652)
OKLCH	oklch(35.11% 0.165 267.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.1509, 3.8808, 26.4061)
Luminance	0.0388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162B8F #8F7A16

analogous

#16678F #162B8F #3E168F

triadic

#162B8F #8F162B #2B8F16

tetradic

#162B8F #8F1667 #8F7A16 #168F3E

square

#162B8F #8F1667 #8F7A16 #168F3E

split-complementary

#162B8F #8F3E16 #678F16

monochromatic

#060B25 #0E1B5A #162B8F #1E3BC4 #3E5AE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.82

#162B8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#162B8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162B8F

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162B8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162B8F	1.00	11.82	1.78	11.82
#FFFFFF	11.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00328D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004759

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162b8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 43, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.165 267.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c64b1',
    500: '#162b8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162b8f;
$custom-light: #6c64b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162b8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.587,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35108,
    "c": 0.16543,
    "h": 267.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162B8F

secondary

#C1AB3F

accent

#D038F0

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EDEBF6

border

#C8C6D0

text

#080511

muted

#7B7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #162B8F

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

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