#162C5A#162C5A

#162C5A is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 30.3% C 0.087 H 263.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162C5A
RGB	rgb(22, 44, 90)
HSL	hsl(221, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(221, 76%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 51.1%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.84, 9.16, -30.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.84, 31.62, 286.85°)
OKLab	oklab(30.35% -0.0106 -0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(30.35% 0.087 263)
XYZ	xyz(3.0764, 2.7098, 10.0318)
Luminance	0.0271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162C5A #5A4416

analogous

#164E5A #162C5A #22165A

triadic

#162C5A #5A162C #2C5A16

tetradic

#162C5A #5A164E #5A4416 #165A22

square

#162C5A #5A164E #5A4416 #165A22

split-complementary

#162C5A #5A2216 #4E5A16

monochromatic

#060C19 #0A1429 #162C5A #22448B #2E5CBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.62

#162C5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#162C5A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162C5A

13.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162C5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162C5A	1.00	13.62	1.54	13.62
#FFFFFF	13.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#14315C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#042B59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00373E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162c5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 44, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.3% 0.087 263.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5d6489',
    500: '#162c5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162c5a;
$custom-light: #5d6489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162c5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.588,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30346,
    "c": 0.08739,
    "h": 263
  },
  "luminance": 0.0271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162C5A

secondary

#91753B

accent

#B044E4

background

#F5F5F8

surface

#E9EAF0

border

#C5C6CB

text

#05050B

muted

#79797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #162C5A

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

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