#162D4F#162D4F

#162D4F is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 29.8% C 0.069 H 258.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162D4F
RGB	rgb(22, 45, 79)
HSL	hsl(216, 56%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(216, 72%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 43%, 0%, 69%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.42, 3.84, -23.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.42, 23.89, 279.25°)
OKLab	oklab(29.77% -0.0141 -0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(29.77% 0.069 258.1)
XYZ	xyz(2.6800, 2.6116, 7.7585)
Luminance	0.0261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162D4F #4F3816

analogous

#164A4F #162D4F #1B164F

triadic

#162D4F #4F162D #2D4F16

tetradic

#162D4F #4F164A #4F3816 #164F1B

square

#162D4F #4F164A #4F3816 #164F1B

split-complementary

#162D4F #4F1B16 #4A4F16

monochromatic

#070E18 #09121F #162D4F #23487F #3164AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.79

#162D4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#162D4F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162D4F

13.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162D4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162D4F	1.00	13.79	1.52	13.79
#FFFFFF	13.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E3050

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#152A4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00353A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162d4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 45, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.8% 0.069 258.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5a6580',
    500: '#162d4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162d4f;
$custom-light: #5a6580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162d4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.789,
    "s": 56.436,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29774,
    "c": 0.06857,
    "h": 258.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162D4F

secondary

#86683A

accent

#A348E0

background

#F5F6F7

surface

#E9EBEE

border

#C5C6C9

text

#04050A

muted

#797A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #162D4F

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

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