#162C5E#162C5E

#162C5E is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 30.7% C 0.094 H 263.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162C5E
RGB	rgb(22, 44, 94)
HSL	hsl(222, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(222, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 53.2%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.14, 10.85, -32.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.14, 34.20, 288.49°)
OKLab	oklab(30.67% -0.01 -0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(30.67% 0.094 263.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.2512, 2.7797, 10.9527)
Luminance	0.0278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162C5E #5E4816

analogous

#16505E #162C5E #24165E

triadic

#162C5E #5E162C #2C5E16

tetradic

#162C5E #5E1650 #5E4816 #165E24

square

#162C5E #5E1650 #5E4816 #165E24

split-complementary

#162C5E #5E2416 #505E16

monochromatic

#060C19 #0A152C #162C5E #224390 #2D5AC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.50

#162C5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56

#162C5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162C5E

13.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162C5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162C5E	1.00	13.50	1.56	13.50
#FFFFFF	13.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F3260

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002B5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003840

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162c5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 44, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.7% 0.094 263.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e648c',
    500: '#162c5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162c5e;
$custom-light: #5e648c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162c5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.667,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30668,
    "c": 0.09367,
    "h": 263.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162C5E

secondary

#95793B

accent

#B343E5

background

#F5F5F8

surface

#EAEAF0

border

#C6C6CB

text

#05050C

muted

#79797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #162C5E

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

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