#162C78#162C78

#162C78 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.0% C 0.133 H 266.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162C78
RGB	rgb(22, 44, 120)
HSL	hsl(227, 69%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(227, 82%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.7%, 63.3%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.31, 21.66, -45.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.31, 50.64, 295.33°)
OKLab	oklab(32.99% -0.0082 -0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(32.99% 0.133 266.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.6205, 3.3275, 18.1644)
Luminance	0.0333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162C78 #786216

analogous

#165D78 #162C78 #311678

triadic

#162C78 #78162C #2C7816

tetradic

#162C78 #78165D #786216 #167831

square

#162C78 #78165D #786216 #167831

split-complementary

#162C78 #783116 #5D7816

monochromatic

#05091A #0D1944 #162C78 #1F3FAC #2F55D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.61

#162C78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#162C78 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162C78

12.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162C78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162C78	1.00	12.61	1.67	12.61
#FFFFFF	12.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00387B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00404D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162c78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 44, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.0% 0.133 266.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6564a0',
    500: '#162c78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162c78;
$custom-light: #6564a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162c78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.531,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32985,
    "c": 0.13259,
    "h": 266.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162C78

secondary

#AD943C

accent

#C43CEC

background

#F6F6F9

surface

#EBEBF2

border

#C6C6CC

text

#07050F

muted

#7A7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #162C78

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

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