#162C89#162C89

#162C89 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.156 H 266.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162C89
RGB	rgb(22, 44, 137)
HSL	hsl(229, 72%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(229, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.9%, 67.9%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.92, 28.46, -53.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.92, 60.91, 297.86°)
OKLab	oklab(34.67% -0.0085 -0.156)
OKLCH	oklch(34.67% 0.156 266.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.7453, 3.7774, 24.0884)
Luminance	0.0378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162C89 #897316

analogous

#166589 #162C89 #391689

triadic

#162C89 #89162C #2C8916

tetradic

#162C89 #891665 #897316 #168939

square

#162C89 #891665 #897316 #168939

split-complementary

#162C89 #893916 #658916

monochromatic

#050A20 #0E1B54 #162C89 #1E3DBE #3A5ADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.96

#162C89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#162C89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162C89

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162C89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162C89	1.00	11.96	1.76	11.96
#FFFFFF	11.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003187

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004556

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162c89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 44, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.156 266.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a65ac',
    500: '#162c89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162c89;
$custom-light: #6a65ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162c89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.522,
    "s": 72.327,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34669,
    "c": 0.15623,
    "h": 266.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162C89

secondary

#BDA53E

accent

#CC39EF

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#ECEBF4

border

#C7C6CE

text

#080510

muted

#7A7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #162C89

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

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