#162D52#162D52

#162D52 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 30.0% C 0.073 H 259.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162D52
RGB	rgb(22, 45, 82)
HSL	hsl(217, 58%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(217, 73%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 45.1%, 0%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.61, 5.08, -25.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.61, 25.79, 281.37°)
OKLab	oklab(29.99% -0.0134 -0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(29.99% 0.073 259.5)
XYZ	xyz(2.7917, 2.6563, 8.3466)
Luminance	0.0266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162D52 #523B16

analogous

#164B52 #162D52 #1D1652

triadic

#162D52 #52162D #2D5216

tetradic

#162D52 #52164B #523B16 #16521D

square

#162D52 #52164B #523B16 #16521D

split-complementary

#162D52 #521D16 #4B5216

monochromatic

#060D18 #091322 #162D52 #234782 #3062B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.71

#162D52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#162D52 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162D52

13.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162D52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162D52	1.00	13.71	1.53	13.71
#FFFFFF	13.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C3053

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#132B51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00363B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162d52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 45, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.0% 0.073 259.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5b6583',
    500: '#162d52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162d52;
$custom-light: #5b6583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162d52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 20.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29988,
    "c": 0.07333,
    "h": 259.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162D52

secondary

#896B3A

accent

#A647E1

background

#F5F6F8

surface

#E9EBEF

border

#C5C6CA

text

#04050A

muted

#797A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #162D52

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

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