#162C81#162C81

#162C81 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 33.9% C 0.145 H 266.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162C81
RGB	rgb(22, 44, 129)
HSL	hsl(228, 71%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(228, 83%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.9%, 65.9%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.15, 25.30, -50.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.15, 56.13, 296.79°)
OKLab	oklab(33.86% -0.0083 -0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(33.86% 0.145 266.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.1926, 3.5563, 21.1774)
Luminance	0.0356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162C81 #816B16

analogous

#166181 #162C81 #361681

triadic

#162C81 #81162C #2C8116

tetradic

#162C81 #811661 #816B16 #168136

square

#162C81 #811661 #816B16 #168136

split-complementary

#162C81 #813616 #618116

monochromatic

#04091A #0D1A4D #162C81 #1F3EB5 #3557DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.27

#162C81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#162C81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162C81

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162C81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162C81	1.00	12.27	1.71	12.27
#FFFFFF	12.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00307F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004252

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162c81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 44, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.9% 0.145 266.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6865a6',
    500: '#162c81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162c81;
$custom-light: #6865a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162c81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.664,
    "s": 70.861,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33863,
    "c": 0.14528,
    "h": 266.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162C81

secondary

#B69D3D

accent

#C93AEE

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#ECEBF4

border

#C7C6CE

text

#07050F

muted

#7A7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #162C81

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

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