#162C73#162C73

#162C73 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 32.5% C 0.125 H 266.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162C73
RGB	rgb(22, 44, 115)
HSL	hsl(226, 68%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(226, 81%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.9%, 61.7%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.86, 19.61, -43.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.86, 47.54, 294.37°)
OKLab	oklab(32.51% -0.0083 -0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(32.51% 0.125 266.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.3250, 3.2093, 16.6078)
Luminance	0.0321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162C73 #735D16

analogous

#165B73 #162C73 #2E1673

triadic

#162C73 #73162C #2C7316

tetradic

#162C73 #73165B #735D16 #16732E

square

#162C73 #73165B #735D16 #16732E

split-complementary

#162C73 #732E16 #5B7316

monochromatic

#050A1A #0C1840 #162C73 #2040A6 #2D55D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.79

#162C73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#162C73 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162C73

12.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162C73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162C73	1.00	12.79	1.64	12.79
#FFFFFF	12.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003775

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002E72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003E4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162c73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 44, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.5% 0.125 266.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#64649c',
    500: '#162c73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162c73;
$custom-light: #64649c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162c73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.806,
    "s": 67.883,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32513,
    "c": 0.12537,
    "h": 266.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162C73

secondary

#A98F3C

accent

#C23DEB

background

#F6F6F9

surface

#EBEBF2

border

#C6C6CC

text

#06050E

muted

#7A7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #162C73

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

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