#162C69#162C69

#162C69 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 31.6% C 0.111 H 265.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162C69
RGB	rgb(22, 44, 105)
HSL	hsl(224, 65%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(224, 79%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(79%, 58.1%, 0%, 58.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.01, 15.46, -38.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.01, 41.24, 292.02°)
OKLab	oklab(31.61% -0.0088 -0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(31.61% 0.111 265.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.7805, 2.9914, 13.7400)
Luminance	0.0299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162C69 #695316

analogous

#165669 #162C69 #291669

triadic

#162C69 #69162C #2C6916

tetradic

#162C69 #691656 #695316 #166929

square

#162C69 #691656 #695316 #166929

split-complementary

#162C69 #692916 #566916

monochromatic

#050B19 #0B1736 #162C69 #21419C #2B56CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.14

#162C69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.60

#162C69 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162C69

13.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162C69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162C69	1.00	13.14	1.60	13.14
#FFFFFF	13.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00346B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002D68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003B46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162c69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 44, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.6% 0.111 265.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#616494',
    500: '#162c69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162c69;
$custom-light: #616494;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162c69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.096,
    "s": 65.354,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31605,
    "c": 0.11054,
    "h": 265.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162C69

secondary

#9F853B

accent

#BC3FE8

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBEAF1

border

#C6C6CB

text

#06050D

muted

#7A797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #162C69

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

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