#162C57#162C57

#162C57 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 30.1% C 0.083 H 262.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162C57
RGB	rgb(22, 44, 87)
HSL	hsl(220, 60%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(220, 75%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 49.4%, 0%, 65.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.63, 7.90, -28.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.63, 29.68, 285.44°)
OKLab	oklab(30.11% -0.0112 -0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(30.11% 0.083 262.2)
XYZ	xyz(2.9512, 2.6598, 9.3728)
Luminance	0.0266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162C57 #574116

analogous

#164D57 #162C57 #211657

triadic

#162C57 #57162C #2C5716

tetradic

#162C57 #57164D #574116 #165721

square

#162C57 #57164D #574116 #165721

split-complementary

#162C57 #572116 #4D5716

monochromatic

#060C18 #0A1326 #162C57 #224588 #2F5DB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.71

#162C57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#162C57 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162C57

13.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162C57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162C57	1.00	13.71	1.53	13.71
#FFFFFF	13.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#163159

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0A2B56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00363D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162c57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 44, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.1% 0.083 262.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c6487',
    500: '#162c57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162c57;
$custom-light: #5c6487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162c57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.692,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30111,
    "c": 0.08264,
    "h": 262.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162C57

secondary

#8E723A

accent

#AD45E3

background

#F5F5F8

surface

#E9EAEF

border

#C5C6CA

text

#04050B

muted

#79797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #162C57

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

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