#162C71#162C71

#162C71 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 32.3% C 0.122 H 266.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162C71
RGB	rgb(22, 44, 113)
HSL	hsl(225, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(225, 81%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.5%, 61.1%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.69, 18.79, -42.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.69, 46.29, 293.95°)
OKLab	oklab(32.33% -0.0083 -0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(32.33% 0.122 266.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.2111, 3.1637, 16.0083)
Luminance	0.0316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162C71 #715B16

analogous

#165A71 #162C71 #2E1671

triadic

#162C71 #71162C #2C7116

tetradic

#162C71 #71165A #715B16 #16712E

square

#162C71 #71165A #715B16 #16712E

split-complementary

#162C71 #712E16 #5A7116

monochromatic

#050A1A #0C183E #162C71 #2040A4 #2C55D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.86

#162C71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#162C71 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162C71

12.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162C71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162C71	1.00	12.86	1.63	12.86
#FFFFFF	12.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003673

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002E70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003D4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162c71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 44, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.3% 0.122 266.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#63649a',
    500: '#162c71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162c71;
$custom-light: #63649a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162c71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.495,
    "s": 67.407,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32328,
    "c": 0.12244,
    "h": 266.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162C71

secondary

#A78D3C

accent

#C13EEA

background

#F6F6F9

surface

#EBEBF2

border

#C6C6CC

text

#06050E

muted

#7A7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #162C71

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

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