#162C5C#162C5C

#162C5C is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 30.5% C 0.091 H 263.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162C5C
RGB	rgb(22, 44, 92)
HSL	hsl(221, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(221, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 52.2%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.99, 10.00, -31.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.99, 32.91, 287.70°)
OKLab	oklab(30.51% -0.0103 -0.0899)
OKLCH	oklch(30.51% 0.091 263.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.1626, 2.7443, 10.4862)
Luminance	0.0274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162C5C #5C4616

analogous

#164F5C #162C5C #23165C

triadic

#162C5C #5C162C #2C5C16

tetradic

#162C5C #5C164F #5C4616 #165C23

square

#162C5C #5C164F #5C4616 #165C23

split-complementary

#162C5C #5C2316 #4F5C16

monochromatic

#060C19 #0A142B #162C5C #22448D #2E5BBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.56

#162C5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.55

#162C5C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162C5C

13.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162C5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162C5C	1.00	13.56	1.55	13.56
#FFFFFF	13.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#11325E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#012B5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00373F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162c5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 44, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.5% 0.091 263.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e648a',
    500: '#162c5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162c5c;
$custom-light: #5e648a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162c5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.143,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30506,
    "c": 0.09053,
    "h": 263.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162C5C

secondary

#93773B

accent

#B243E5

background

#F5F5F8

surface

#E9EAF0

border

#C5C6CB

text

#05050C

muted

#79797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #162C5C

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

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