#162C84#162C84

#162C84 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.2% C 0.149 H 266.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162C84
RGB	rgb(22, 44, 132)
HSL	hsl(228, 71%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(228, 83%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.3%, 66.7%, 0%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.43, 26.49, -51.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.43, 57.94, 297.21°)
OKLab	oklab(34.16% -0.0083 -0.1492)
OKLCH	oklch(34.16% 0.149 266.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.3950, 3.6372, 22.2430)
Luminance	0.0364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162C84 #846E16

analogous

#166384 #162C84 #371684

triadic

#162C84 #84162C #2C8416

tetradic

#162C84 #841663 #846E16 #168437

square

#162C84 #841663 #846E16 #168437

split-complementary

#162C84 #843716 #638416

monochromatic

#05091B #0D1B50 #162C84 #1F3DB8 #3758DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.16

#162C84 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#162C84 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162C84

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162C84	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162C84	1.00	12.16	1.73	12.16
#FFFFFF	12.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003082

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004353

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162c84;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 44, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.2% 0.149 266.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6965a9',
    500: '#162c84',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162c84;
$custom-light: #6965a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162c84",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34162,
    "c": 0.14942,
    "h": 266.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162C84

secondary

#B8A03D

accent

#CA3AEE

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#ECEBF4

border

#C7C6CE

text

#070510

muted

#7A7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #162C84

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

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