#162C55#162C55

#162C55 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 30.0% C 0.079 H 261.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162C55
RGB	rgb(22, 44, 85)
HSL	hsl(219, 59%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(219, 74%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 48.2%, 0%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.49, 7.07, -27.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.49, 28.39, 284.41°)
OKLab	oklab(29.96% -0.0116 -0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(29.96% 0.079 261.6)
XYZ	xyz(2.8707, 2.6275, 8.9484)
Luminance	0.0263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162C55 #553F16

analogous

#164B55 #162C55 #1F1655

triadic

#162C55 #55162C #2C5516

tetradic

#162C55 #55164B #553F16 #16551F

square

#162C55 #55164B #553F16 #16551F

split-complementary

#162C55 #551F16 #4B5516

monochromatic

#060D18 #091324 #162C55 #234586 #2F5EB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.77

#162C55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#162C55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162C55

13.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162C55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162C55	1.00	13.77	1.53	13.77
#FFFFFF	13.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#183057

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D2A54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00353C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162c55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 44, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.0% 0.079 261.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c6485',
    500: '#162c55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162c55;
$custom-light: #5c6485;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162c55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.048,
    "s": 58.879,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29957,
    "c": 0.07946,
    "h": 261.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162C55

secondary

#8C703A

accent

#AB46E2

background

#F5F5F8

surface

#E9EAEF

border

#C5C6CA

text

#04050B

muted

#79797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #162C55

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

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