#162C77#162C77

#162C77 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 32.9% C 0.131 H 266.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162C77
RGB	rgb(22, 44, 119)
HSL	hsl(226, 69%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(226, 82%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.5%, 63%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.22, 21.25, -45.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.22, 50.02, 295.15°)
OKLab	oklab(32.89% -0.0082 -0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(32.89% 0.131 266.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.5602, 3.3033, 17.8465)
Luminance	0.0330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162C77 #776116

analogous

#165C77 #162C77 #311677

triadic

#162C77 #77162C #2C7716

tetradic

#162C77 #77165C #776116 #167731

square

#162C77 #77165C #776116 #167731

split-complementary

#162C77 #773116 #5C7716

monochromatic

#050A1A #0C1943 #162C77 #203FAB #2F55D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.64

#162C77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#162C77 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162C77

12.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162C77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162C77	1.00	12.64	1.66	12.64
#FFFFFF	12.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003879

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003F4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162c77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 44, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.9% 0.131 266.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#65649f',
    500: '#162c77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162c77;
$custom-light: #65649f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162c77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.392,
    "s": 68.794,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3289,
    "c": 0.13116,
    "h": 266.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162C77

secondary

#AC933C

accent

#C43CEC

background

#F6F6F9

surface

#EBEBF2

border

#C6C6CC

text

#06050E

muted

#7A7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #162C77

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

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