#162C70#162C70

#162C70 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 32.2% C 0.121 H 266.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162C70
RGB	rgb(22, 44, 112)
HSL	hsl(225, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(225, 80%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.4%, 60.7%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.60, 18.38, -41.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.60, 45.66, 293.73°)
OKLab	oklab(32.24% -0.0084 -0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(32.24% 0.121 266)
XYZ	xyz(4.1552, 3.1413, 15.7134)
Luminance	0.0314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162C70 #705A16

analogous

#165970 #162C70 #2D1670

triadic

#162C70 #70162C #2C7016

tetradic

#162C70 #701659 #705A16 #16702D

square

#162C70 #701659 #705A16 #16702D

split-complementary

#162C70 #702D16 #597016

monochromatic

#050A1A #0C183D #162C70 #2040A3 #2B55D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.90

#162C70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#162C70 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162C70

12.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162C70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162C70	1.00	12.90	1.63	12.90
#FFFFFF	12.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003672

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002E6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003D49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162c70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 44, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.2% 0.121 266.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#63649a',
    500: '#162c70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162c70;
$custom-light: #63649a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162c70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.333,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32235,
    "c": 0.12098,
    "h": 266
  },
  "luminance": 0.03142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162C70

secondary

#A68C3C

accent

#C03EEA

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBEAF2

border

#C6C6CC

text

#06050E

muted

#7A797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #162C70

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

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