#162C7D#162C7D

#162C7D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 33.5% C 0.140 H 266.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162C7D
RGB	rgb(22, 44, 125)
HSL	hsl(227, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(227, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.4%, 64.8%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.77, 23.69, -48.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.77, 53.70, 296.18°)
OKLab	oklab(33.47% -0.0082 -0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(33.47% 0.14 266.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.9319, 3.4520, 19.8044)
Luminance	0.0345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162C7D #7D6716

analogous

#16607D #162C7D #34167D

triadic

#162C7D #7D162C #2C7D16

tetradic

#162C7D #7D1660 #7D6716 #167D34

square

#162C7D #7D1660 #7D6716 #167D34

split-complementary

#162C7D #7D3416 #607D16

monochromatic

#05091A #0D1A49 #162C7D #1F3EB1 #3256DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.42

#162C7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#162C7D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162C7D

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162C7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162C7D	1.00	12.42	1.69	12.42
#FFFFFF	12.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003980

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004150

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162c7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 44, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.5% 0.140 266.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6764a3',
    500: '#162c7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162c7d;
$custom-light: #6764a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162c7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.184,
    "s": 70.068,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33469,
    "c": 0.13969,
    "h": 266.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162C7D

secondary

#B2993D

accent

#C73BED

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#EBEBF4

border

#C6C6CE

text

#07050F

muted

#7A7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #162C7D

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

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