#162C83#162C83

#162C83 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.148 H 266.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162C83
RGB	rgb(22, 44, 131)
HSL	hsl(228, 71%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(228, 83%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.2%, 66.4%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.34, 26.10, -51.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.34, 57.34, 297.07°)
OKLab	oklab(34.06% -0.0083 -0.1478)
OKLCH	oklch(34.06% 0.148 266.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.3269, 3.6100, 21.8844)
Luminance	0.0361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162C83 #836D16

analogous

#166283 #162C83 #371683

triadic

#162C83 #83162C #2C8316

tetradic

#162C83 #831662 #836D16 #168337

square

#162C83 #831662 #836D16 #168337

split-complementary

#162C83 #833716 #628316

monochromatic

#04091A #0D1A4F #162C83 #1F3EB7 #3658DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.19

#162C83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#162C83 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162C83

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162C83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162C83	1.00	12.19	1.72	12.19
#FFFFFF	12.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003081

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004353

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162c83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 44, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.148 266.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6865a8',
    500: '#162c83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162c83;
$custom-light: #6865a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162c83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.89,
    "s": 71.242,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34062,
    "c": 0.14804,
    "h": 266.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162C83

secondary

#B79F3D

accent

#CA3AEE

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#ECEBF4

border

#C7C6CE

text

#070510

muted

#7A7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #162C83

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

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