#162C8A#162C8A

#162C8A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.158 H 266.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162C8A
RGB	rgb(22, 44, 138)
HSL	hsl(229, 73%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(229, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.1%, 68.1%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.02, 28.86, -54.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.02, 61.51, 297.98°)
OKLab	oklab(34.77% -0.0086 -0.1573)
OKLCH	oklch(34.77% 0.158 266.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.8174, 3.8062, 24.4679)
Luminance	0.0381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162C8A #8A7416

analogous

#16668A #162C8A #3A168A

triadic

#162C8A #8A162C #2C8A16

tetradic

#162C8A #8A1666 #8A7416 #168A3A

square

#162C8A #8A1666 #8A7416 #168A3A

split-complementary

#162C8A #8A3A16 #668A16

monochromatic

#050A20 #0E1B55 #162C8A #1E3DBF #3B5AE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.92

#162C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#162C8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162C8A

11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162C8A	1.00	11.92	1.76	11.92
#FFFFFF	11.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003188

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004557

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 44, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.158 266.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a65ad',
    500: '#162c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162c8a;
$custom-light: #6a65ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.621,
    "s": 72.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34771,
    "c": 0.15757,
    "h": 266.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162C8A

secondary

#BEA63E

accent

#CD39EF

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#ECEBF4

border

#C7C6CE

text

#080510

muted

#7A7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #162C8A

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

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