#162C50#162C50

#162C50 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 29.6% C 0.071 H 259.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162C50
RGB	rgb(22, 44, 80)
HSL	hsl(217, 57%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(217, 73%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 45%, 0%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.15, 4.98, -24.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.15, 25.18, 281.41°)
OKLab	oklab(29.59% -0.0127 -0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(29.59% 0.071 259.8)
XYZ	xyz(2.6790, 2.5509, 7.9390)
Luminance	0.0255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162C50 #503A16

analogous

#164950 #162C50 #1D1650

triadic

#162C50 #50162C #2C5016

tetradic

#162C50 #501649 #503A16 #16501D

square

#162C50 #501649 #503A16 #16501D

split-complementary

#162C50 #501D16 #495016

monochromatic

#070D18 #091220 #162C50 #234680 #3061B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.91

#162C50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#162C50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162C50

13.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162C50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162C50	1.00	13.91	1.51	13.91
#FFFFFF	13.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C2F51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#132A4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00343A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162c50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 44, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.6% 0.071 259.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5b6481',
    500: '#162c50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162c50;
$custom-light: #5b6481;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162c50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.241,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29586,
    "c": 0.07148,
    "h": 259.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162C50

secondary

#876A3A

accent

#A648E0

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#E9EAEE

border

#C5C6C9

text

#04050A

muted

#79797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #162C50

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

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