#162C7E#162C7E

#162C7E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 33.6% C 0.141 H 266.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162C7E
RGB	rgb(22, 44, 126)
HSL	hsl(227, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(227, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.5%, 65.1%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.86, 24.09, -48.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.86, 54.31, 296.33°)
OKLab	oklab(33.57% -0.0082 -0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(33.57% 0.141 266.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.9961, 3.4777, 20.1426)
Luminance	0.0348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162C7E #7E6816

analogous

#16607E #162C7E #34167E

triadic

#162C7E #7E162C #2C7E16

tetradic

#162C7E #7E1660 #7E6816 #167E34

square

#162C7E #7E1660 #7E6816 #167E34

split-complementary

#162C7E #7E3416 #607E16

monochromatic

#05091A #0D1A4A #162C7E #1F3EB2 #3357DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.38

#162C7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#162C7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162C7E

12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162C7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162C7E	1.00	12.38	1.70	12.38
#FFFFFF	12.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003981

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00307C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004150

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162c7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 44, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.6% 0.141 266.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6764a4',
    500: '#162c7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162c7e;
$custom-light: #6764a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162c7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.308,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33567,
    "c": 0.14109,
    "h": 266.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162C7E

secondary

#B39A3D

accent

#C73BED

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#EBEBF4

border

#C6C6CE

text

#07050F

muted

#7A7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #162C7E

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

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