#162C8E#162C8E

#162C8E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.163 H 266.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162C8E
RGB	rgb(22, 44, 142)
HSL	hsl(229, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(229, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 69%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.42, 30.41, -56.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.42, 63.86, 298.44°)
OKLab	oklab(35.18% -0.0088 -0.1627)
OKLCH	oklch(35.18% 0.163 266.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.1123, 3.9242, 26.0212)
Luminance	0.0393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162C8E #8E7816

analogous

#16688E #162C8E #3C168E

triadic

#162C8E #8E162C #2C8E16

tetradic

#162C8E #8E1668 #8E7816 #168E3C

square

#162C8E #8E1668 #8E7816 #168E3C

split-complementary

#162C8E #8E3C16 #688E16

monochromatic

#060B24 #0E1C59 #162C8E #1E3CC3 #3D5BE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.76

#162C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#162C8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162C8E

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162C8E	1.00	11.76	1.79	11.76
#FFFFFF	11.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00328C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004759

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 44, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.163 266.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b65b0',
    500: '#162c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162c8e;
$custom-light: #6b65b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35184,
    "c": 0.16293,
    "h": 266.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162C8E

secondary

#C1A93F

accent

#CE38F0

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EDEBF6

border

#C8C6D0

text

#080511

muted

#7B7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #162C8E

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

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