#162C74#162C74

#162C74 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 32.6% C 0.127 H 266.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162C74
RGB	rgb(22, 44, 116)
HSL	hsl(226, 68%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(226, 81%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(81%, 62.1%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.95, 20.02, -43.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.95, 48.16, 294.57°)
OKLab	oklab(32.61% -0.0082 -0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(32.61% 0.127 266.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.3828, 3.2324, 16.9125)
Luminance	0.0323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162C74 #745E16

analogous

#165B74 #162C74 #2F1674

triadic

#162C74 #74162C #2C7416

tetradic

#162C74 #74165B #745E16 #16742F

square

#162C74 #74165B #745E16 #16742F

split-complementary

#162C74 #742F16 #5B7416

monochromatic

#050A1A #0C1841 #162C74 #2040A7 #2D55D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.75

#162C74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#162C74 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162C74

12.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162C74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162C74	1.00	12.75	1.65	12.75
#FFFFFF	12.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003776

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002E73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003E4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162c74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 44, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.6% 0.127 266.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#64649d',
    500: '#162c74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162c74;
$custom-light: #64649d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162c74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.957,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32607,
    "c": 0.12683,
    "h": 266.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162C74

secondary

#AA903C

accent

#C23DEB

background

#F6F6F9

surface

#EBEBF2

border

#C6C6CC

text

#06050E

muted

#7A7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #162C74

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

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