#162C5F#162C5F

#162C5F is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 30.8% C 0.095 H 264.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162C5F
RGB	rgb(22, 44, 95)
HSL	hsl(222, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(222, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 53.7%, 0%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.22, 11.27, -32.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.22, 34.84, 288.87°)
OKLab	oklab(30.75% -0.0099 -0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(30.75% 0.095 264.1)
XYZ	xyz(3.2964, 2.7978, 11.1906)
Luminance	0.0280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162C5F #5F4916

analogous

#16505F #162C5F #25165F

triadic

#162C5F #5F162C #2C5F16

tetradic

#162C5F #5F1650 #5F4916 #165F25

square

#162C5F #5F1650 #5F4916 #165F25

split-complementary

#162C5F #5F2516 #505F16

monochromatic

#060C19 #0A152D #162C5F #224391 #2D5AC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.46

#162C5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56

#162C5F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162C5F

13.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162C5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162C5F	1.00	13.46	1.56	13.46
#FFFFFF	13.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0E3261

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002B5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003841

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162c5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 44, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.8% 0.095 264.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e648d',
    500: '#162c5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162c5f;
$custom-light: #5e648d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162c5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.918,
    "s": 62.393,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3075,
    "c": 0.09522,
    "h": 264.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162C5F

secondary

#967B3B

accent

#B442E5

background

#F5F5F8

surface

#EAEAF0

border

#C6C6CB

text

#05050C

muted

#79797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #162C5F

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

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