#162C7C#162C7C

#162C7C is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.4% C 0.138 H 266.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162C7C
RGB	rgb(22, 44, 124)
HSL	hsl(227, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(227, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.3%, 64.5%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.68, 23.29, -47.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.68, 53.09, 296.01°)
OKLab	oklab(33.37% -0.0082 -0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(33.37% 0.138 266.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.8684, 3.4266, 19.4697)
Luminance	0.0343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162C7C #7C6616

analogous

#165F7C #162C7C #33167C

triadic

#162C7C #7C162C #2C7C16

tetradic

#162C7C #7C165F #7C6616 #167C33

square

#162C7C #7C165F #7C6616 #167C33

split-complementary

#162C7C #7C3316 #5F7C16

monochromatic

#05091A #0D1A48 #162C7C #1F3EB0 #3256DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.46

#162C7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#162C7C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162C7C

12.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162C7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162C7C	1.00	12.46	1.69	12.46
#FFFFFF	12.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00397F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00414F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162c7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 44, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.4% 0.138 266.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6664a3',
    500: '#162c7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162c7c;
$custom-light: #6664a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162c7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.059,
    "s": 69.863,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33371,
    "c": 0.13827,
    "h": 266.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162C7C

secondary

#B1983D

accent

#C63BED

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#EBEBF4

border

#C6C6CE

text

#07050F

muted

#7A7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #162C7C

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

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