#162D51#162D51

#162D51 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 29.9% C 0.072 H 259.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162D51
RGB	rgb(22, 45, 81)
HSL	hsl(217, 57%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(217, 73%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.8%, 44.4%, 0%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.55, 4.67, -24.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.55, 25.15, 280.69°)
OKLab	oklab(29.92% -0.0136 -0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(29.92% 0.072 259)
XYZ	xyz(2.7539, 2.6412, 8.1476)
Luminance	0.0264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162D51 #513A16

analogous

#164B51 #162D51 #1C1651

triadic

#162D51 #51162D #2D5116

tetradic

#162D51 #51164B #513A16 #16511C

square

#162D51 #51164B #513A16 #16511C

split-complementary

#162D51 #511C16 #4B5116

monochromatic

#070D18 #091221 #162D51 #234881 #3062B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.74

#162D51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#162D51 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162D51

13.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162D51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162D51	1.00	13.74	1.53	13.74
#FFFFFF	13.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D3052

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#142B50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00353B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162d51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 45, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.9% 0.072 259.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5b6582',
    500: '#162d51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162d51;
$custom-light: #5b6582;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162d51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.61,
    "s": 57.282,
    "l": 20.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29916,
    "c": 0.07175,
    "h": 259
  },
  "luminance": 0.02641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162D51

secondary

#886A3A

accent

#A547E1

background

#F5F6F7

surface

#E9EBEE

border

#C5C6C9

text

#04050A

muted

#797A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #162D51

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

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