#162C59#162C59

#162C59 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 30.3% C 0.086 H 262.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162C59
RGB	rgb(22, 44, 89)
HSL	hsl(220, 60%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(220, 75%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 50.6%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.77, 8.74, -29.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.77, 30.97, 286.40°)
OKLab	oklab(30.27% -0.0108 -0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(30.27% 0.086 262.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.0341, 2.6929, 9.8091)
Luminance	0.0269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162C59 #594316

analogous

#164E59 #162C59 #221659

triadic

#162C59 #59162C #2C5916

tetradic

#162C59 #59164E #594316 #165922

square

#162C59 #59164E #594316 #165922

split-complementary

#162C59 #592216 #4E5916

monochromatic

#060C19 #0A1428 #162C59 #22448A #2E5DBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.65

#162C59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#162C59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162C59

13.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162C59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162C59	1.00	13.65	1.54	13.65
#FFFFFF	13.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#15315B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#062B58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00373E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162c59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 44, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.3% 0.086 262.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5d6488',
    500: '#162c59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162c59;
$custom-light: #5d6488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162c59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.299,
    "s": 60.36,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30267,
    "c": 0.0858,
    "h": 262.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162C59

secondary

#90743B

accent

#AF44E4

background

#F5F5F8

surface

#E9EAF0

border

#C5C6CB

text

#05050B

muted

#79797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #162C59

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

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