#162C80#162C80

#162C80 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 33.8% C 0.144 H 266.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162C80
RGB	rgb(22, 44, 128)
HSL	hsl(228, 71%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(228, 83%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.8%, 65.6%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.05, 24.90, -49.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.05, 55.53, 296.64°)
OKLab	oklab(33.76% -0.0082 -0.1436)
OKLCH	oklch(33.76% 0.144 266.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.1265, 3.5298, 20.8290)
Luminance	0.0353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162C80 #806A16

analogous

#166180 #162C80 #351680

triadic

#162C80 #80162C #2C8016

tetradic

#162C80 #801661 #806A16 #168035

square

#162C80 #801661 #806A16 #168035

split-complementary

#162C80 #803516 #618016

monochromatic

#04091A #0D1A4C #162C80 #1F3EB4 #3457DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.31

#162C80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#162C80 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162C80

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162C80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162C80	1.00	12.31	1.71	12.31
#FFFFFF	12.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00307E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004251

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162c80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 44, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.8% 0.144 266.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6764a6',
    500: '#162c80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162c80;
$custom-light: #6764a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162c80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.547,
    "s": 70.667,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33764,
    "c": 0.14389,
    "h": 266.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162C80

secondary

#B59C3D

accent

#C83AED

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#ECEBF4

border

#C7C6CE

text

#07050F

muted

#7A7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #162C80

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

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