#162C79#162C79

#162C79 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.1% C 0.134 H 266.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162C79
RGB	rgb(22, 44, 121)
HSL	hsl(227, 69%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(227, 82%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.8%, 63.6%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.40, 22.07, -46.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.40, 51.25, 295.50°)
OKLab	oklab(33.08% -0.0082 -0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(33.08% 0.134 266.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.6815, 3.3519, 18.4857)
Luminance	0.0335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162C79 #796316

analogous

#165D79 #162C79 #321679

triadic

#162C79 #79162C #2C7916

tetradic

#162C79 #79165D #796316 #167932

square

#162C79 #79165D #796316 #167932

split-complementary

#162C79 #793216 #5D7916

monochromatic

#05091A #0D1945 #162C79 #1F3FAD #3056D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.57

#162C79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#162C79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162C79

12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162C79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162C79	1.00	12.57	1.67	12.57
#FFFFFF	12.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00387C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00404E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162c79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 44, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.1% 0.134 266.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6564a0',
    500: '#162c79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162c79;
$custom-light: #6564a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162c79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.667,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33081,
    "c": 0.13402,
    "h": 266.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162C79

secondary

#AE953D

accent

#C53CEC

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#EBEBF3

border

#C6C6CD

text

#07050F

muted

#7A7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #162C79

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

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