#162D53#162D53

#162D53 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 30.1% C 0.075 H 259.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162D53
RGB	rgb(22, 45, 83)
HSL	hsl(217, 58%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(217, 73%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 45.8%, 0%, 67.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.68, 5.50, -25.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.68, 26.43, 282.01°)
OKLab	oklab(30.06% -0.0131 -0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(30.06% 0.075 259.9)
XYZ	xyz(2.8300, 2.6716, 8.5485)
Luminance	0.0267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162D53 #533C16

analogous

#164B53 #162D53 #1D1653

triadic

#162D53 #53162D #2D5316

tetradic

#162D53 #53164B #533C16 #16531D

square

#162D53 #53164B #533C16 #16531D

split-complementary

#162D53 #531D16 #4B5316

monochromatic

#060D18 #091323 #162D53 #234783 #3061B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.69

#162D53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#162D53 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162D53

13.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162D53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162D53	1.00	13.69	1.53	13.69
#FFFFFF	13.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B3154

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#112B52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00363C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162d53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 45, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.1% 0.075 259.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5b6583',
    500: '#162d53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162d53;
$custom-light: #5b6583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162d53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.377,
    "s": 58.095,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30061,
    "c": 0.07492,
    "h": 259.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162D53

secondary

#8A6C3A

accent

#A746E1

background

#F5F6F8

surface

#E9EBEF

border

#C5C6CA

text

#04050B

muted

#797A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #162D53

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

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