#162CA0#162CA0

#162CA0 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.186 H 266.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162CA0
RGB	rgb(22, 44, 160)
HSL	hsl(230, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(230, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 72.5%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.29, 37.20, -64.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.29, 74.14, 300.12°)
OKLab	oklab(37.1% -0.0103 -0.1859)
OKLCH	oklch(37.1% 0.186 266.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.5745, 4.5091, 33.7220)
Luminance	0.0451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162CA0 #A08A16

analogous

#1671A0 #162CA0 #4516A0

triadic

#162CA0 #A0162C #2CA016

tetradic

#162CA0 #A01671 #A08A16 #16A045

square

#162CA0 #A01671 #A08A16 #16A045

split-complementary

#162CA0 #A04516 #71A016

monochromatic

#070E34 #0F1D6A #162CA0 #1D3BD6 #4A63E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.04

#162CA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#162CA0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162CA0

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162CA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162CA0	1.00	11.04	1.90	11.04
#FFFFFF	11.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00359E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004D63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162ca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 44, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.186 266.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7065bd',
    500: '#162ca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162ca0;
$custom-light: #7065bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162ca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.435,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37099,
    "c": 0.18621,
    "h": 266.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162CA0

secondary

#C8B44A

accent

#D435F2

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF7

border

#C9C6D0

text

#090612

muted

#7B7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #162CA0

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

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