#162C53#162C53

#162C53 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 29.8% C 0.076 H 260.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162C53
RGB	rgb(22, 44, 83)
HSL	hsl(218, 58%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(218, 73%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 47%, 0%, 67.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.35, 6.23, -26.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.35, 27.10, 283.29°)
OKLab	oklab(29.81% -0.012 -0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(29.81% 0.076 260.9)
XYZ	xyz(2.7923, 2.5962, 8.5359)
Luminance	0.0260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162C53 #533D16

analogous

#164A53 #162C53 #1F1653

triadic

#162C53 #53162C #2C5316

tetradic

#162C53 #53164A #533D16 #16531F

square

#162C53 #53164A #533D16 #16531F

split-complementary

#162C53 #531F16 #4A5316

monochromatic

#060D18 #091223 #162C53 #234683 #305FB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.82

#162C53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#162C53 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162C53

13.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162C53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162C53	1.00	13.82	1.52	13.82
#FFFFFF	13.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#193055

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F2A52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00353B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162c53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 44, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.8% 0.076 260.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5b6483',
    500: '#162c53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162c53;
$custom-light: #5b6483;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162c53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.361,
    "s": 58.095,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29807,
    "c": 0.07627,
    "h": 260.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162C53

secondary

#8A6E3A

accent

#A946E1

background

#F5F5F8

surface

#E9EAEF

border

#C5C6CA

text

#04050B

muted

#79797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #162C53

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

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