#162C72#162C72

#162C72 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 32.4% C 0.124 H 266.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162C72
RGB	rgb(22, 44, 114)
HSL	hsl(226, 68%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(226, 81%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.7%, 61.4%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.78, 19.20, -42.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.78, 46.91, 294.16°)
OKLab	oklab(32.42% -0.0083 -0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(32.42% 0.124 266.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.2678, 3.1864, 16.3064)
Luminance	0.0319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162C72 #725C16

analogous

#165A72 #162C72 #2E1672

triadic

#162C72 #72162C #2C7216

tetradic

#162C72 #72165A #725C16 #16722E

square

#162C72 #72165A #725C16 #16722E

split-complementary

#162C72 #722E16 #5A7216

monochromatic

#050A1A #0C183F #162C72 #2040A5 #2C55D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.83

#162C72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#162C72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162C72

12.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162C72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162C72	1.00	12.83	1.64	12.83
#FFFFFF	12.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003674

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002E71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003E4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162c72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 44, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.4% 0.124 266.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#63649b',
    500: '#162c72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162c72;
$custom-light: #63649b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162c72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.652,
    "s": 67.647,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3242,
    "c": 0.12391,
    "h": 266.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162C72

secondary

#A88E3C

accent

#C13DEB

background

#F6F6F9

surface

#EBEBF2

border

#C6C6CC

text

#06050E

muted

#7A7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #162C72

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

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