#162C7B#162C7B

#162C7B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.3% C 0.137 H 266.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162C7B
RGB	rgb(22, 44, 123)
HSL	hsl(227, 70%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(227, 82%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.1%, 64.2%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.58, 22.88, -47.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.58, 52.48, 295.85°)
OKLab	oklab(33.27% -0.0082 -0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(33.27% 0.137 266.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.8055, 3.4014, 19.1383)
Luminance	0.0340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162C7B #7B6516

analogous

#165E7B #162C7B #32167B

triadic

#162C7B #7B162C #2C7B16

tetradic

#162C7B #7B165E #7B6516 #167B32

square

#162C7B #7B165E #7B6516 #167B32

split-complementary

#162C7B #7B3216 #5E7B16

monochromatic

#05091A #0D1947 #162C7B #1F3FAF #3156DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.50

#162C7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#162C7B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162C7B

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162C7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162C7B	1.00	12.50	1.68	12.50
#FFFFFF	12.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00397E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00404F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162c7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 44, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.3% 0.137 266.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6664a2',
    500: '#162c7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162c7b;
$custom-light: #6664a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162c7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.931,
    "s": 69.655,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33274,
    "c": 0.13686,
    "h": 266.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162C7B

secondary

#B0973D

accent

#C63BEC

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#EBEBF4

border

#C6C6CE

text

#07050F

muted

#7A7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #162C7B

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

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