#162C5B#162C5B

#162C5B is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 30.4% C 0.089 H 263.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162C5B
RGB	rgb(22, 44, 91)
HSL	hsl(221, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(221, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.8%, 51.6%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.92, 9.58, -30.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.92, 32.26, 287.28°)
OKLab	oklab(30.43% -0.0105 -0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(30.43% 0.089 263.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.1192, 2.7269, 10.2575)
Luminance	0.0273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162C5B #5B4516

analogous

#164F5B #162C5B #23165B

triadic

#162C5B #5B162C #2C5B16

tetradic

#162C5B #5B164F #5B4516 #165B23

square

#162C5B #5B164F #5B4516 #165B23

split-complementary

#162C5B #5B2316 #4F5B16

monochromatic

#060C19 #0A142A #162C5B #22448C #2E5CBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.59

#162C5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.55

#162C5B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162C5B

13.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162C5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162C5B	1.00	13.59	1.55	13.59
#FFFFFF	13.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#13315D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#032B5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00373F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162c5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 44, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.4% 0.089 263.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5d648a',
    500: '#162c5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162c5b;
$custom-light: #5d648a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162c5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.87,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30425,
    "c": 0.08896,
    "h": 263.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162C5B

secondary

#92763B

accent

#B144E4

background

#F5F5F8

surface

#E9EAF0

border

#C5C6CB

text

#05050B

muted

#79797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #162C5B

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

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