#162C7F#162C7F

#162C7F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 33.7% C 0.142 H 266.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162C7F
RGB	rgb(22, 44, 127)
HSL	hsl(227, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(227, 83%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.7%, 65.4%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.96, 24.50, -49.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.96, 54.92, 296.49°)
OKLab	oklab(33.67% -0.0082 -0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(33.67% 0.142 266.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.0610, 3.5037, 20.4841)
Luminance	0.0350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162C7F #7F6916

analogous

#16617F #162C7F #35167F

triadic

#162C7F #7F162C #2C7F16

tetradic

#162C7F #7F1661 #7F6916 #167F35

square

#162C7F #7F1661 #7F6916 #167F35

split-complementary

#162C7F #7F3516 #617F16

monochromatic

#05091A #0D1A4B #162C7F #1F3EB3 #3457DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.35

#162C7F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#162C7F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162C7F

12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162C7F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162C7F	1.00	12.35	1.70	12.35
#FFFFFF	12.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00307D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004251

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162c7f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 44, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.7% 0.142 266.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6764a5',
    500: '#162c7f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162c7f;
$custom-light: #6764a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162c7f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.429,
    "s": 70.47,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33665,
    "c": 0.14249,
    "h": 266.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162C7F

secondary

#B49B3D

accent

#C83BED

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#EBEBF4

border

#C6C6CE

text

#07050F

muted

#7A7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #162C7F

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

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