#162C52#162C52

#162C52 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 29.7% C 0.075 H 260.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162C52
RGB	rgb(22, 44, 82)
HSL	hsl(218, 58%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(218, 73%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 46.3%, 0%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.28, 5.81, -25.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.28, 26.46, 282.69°)
OKLab	oklab(29.73% -0.0122 -0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(29.73% 0.075 260.6)
XYZ	xyz(2.7540, 2.5809, 8.3340)
Luminance	0.0258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162C52 #523C16

analogous

#164A52 #162C52 #1E1652

triadic

#162C52 #52162C #2C5216

tetradic

#162C52 #52164A #523C16 #16521E

square

#162C52 #52164A #523C16 #16521E

split-complementary

#162C52 #521E16 #4A5216

monochromatic

#060D18 #091222 #162C52 #234682 #3060B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.85

#162C52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#162C52 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162C52

13.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162C52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162C52	1.00	13.85	1.52	13.85
#FFFFFF	13.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A3053

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#102A51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00353B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162c52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 44, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.7% 0.075 260.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5b6483',
    500: '#162c52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162c52;
$custom-light: #5b6483;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162c52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 20.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29732,
    "c": 0.07468,
    "h": 260.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162C52

secondary

#896C3A

accent

#A847E1

background

#F5F5F8

surface

#E9EAEF

border

#C5C6CA

text

#04050A

muted

#79797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #162C52

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

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