#162C85#162C85

#162C85 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.3% C 0.151 H 266.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162C85
RGB	rgb(22, 44, 133)
HSL	hsl(228, 72%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(228, 83%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.5%, 66.9%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.53, 26.89, -51.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.53, 58.54, 297.35°)
OKLab	oklab(34.26% -0.0084 -0.1506)
OKLCH	oklch(34.26% 0.151 266.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.4637, 3.6647, 22.6052)
Luminance	0.0367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162C85 #856F16

analogous

#166385 #162C85 #371685

triadic

#162C85 #85162C #2C8516

tetradic

#162C85 #851663 #856F16 #168537

square

#162C85 #851663 #856F16 #168537

split-complementary

#162C85 #853716 #638516

monochromatic

#05091C #0D1B50 #162C85 #1F3DBA #3758DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.12

#162C85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#162C85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162C85

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162C85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162C85	1.00	12.12	1.73	12.12
#FFFFFF	12.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003183

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004454

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162c85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 44, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.3% 0.151 266.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6965a9',
    500: '#162c85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162c85;
$custom-light: #6965a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162c85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.108,
    "s": 71.613,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34263,
    "c": 0.15079,
    "h": 266.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162C85

secondary

#B9A13E

accent

#CA39EE

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#ECEBF4

border

#C7C6CE

text

#070510

muted

#7A7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #162C85

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

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