#162C7A#162C7A

#162C7A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.2% C 0.135 H 266.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162C7A
RGB	rgb(22, 44, 122)
HSL	hsl(227, 69%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(227, 82%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(82%, 63.9%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.49, 22.48, -46.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.49, 51.87, 295.68°)
OKLab	oklab(33.18% -0.0082 -0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(33.18% 0.135 266.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.7432, 3.3765, 18.8103)
Luminance	0.0338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162C7A #7A6416

analogous

#165E7A #162C7A #32167A

triadic

#162C7A #7A162C #2C7A16

tetradic

#162C7A #7A165E #7A6416 #167A32

square

#162C7A #7A165E #7A6416 #167A32

split-complementary

#162C7A #7A3216 #5E7A16

monochromatic

#05091A #0D1946 #162C7A #1F3FAE #3156DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.53

#162C7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#162C7A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162C7A

12.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162C7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162C7A	1.00	12.53	1.68	12.53
#FFFFFF	12.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00387D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00404E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162c7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 44, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.2% 0.135 266.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6664a1',
    500: '#162c7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162c7a;
$custom-light: #6664a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162c7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.8,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33178,
    "c": 0.13545,
    "h": 266.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162C7A

secondary

#AF963D

accent

#C53CEC

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#EBEBF3

border

#C6C6CD

text

#07050F

muted

#7A7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #162C7A

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

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