#162D55#162D55

#162D55 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 30.2% C 0.078 H 260.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162D55
RGB	rgb(22, 45, 85)
HSL	hsl(218, 59%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(218, 74%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 47.1%, 0%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.81, 6.34, -26.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.81, 27.71, 283.22°)
OKLab	oklab(30.21% -0.0127 -0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(30.21% 0.078 260.7)
XYZ	xyz(2.9084, 2.7029, 8.9610)
Luminance	0.0270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162D55 #553E16

analogous

#164C55 #162D55 #1E1655

triadic

#162D55 #55162D #2D5516

tetradic

#162D55 #55164C #553E16 #16551E

square

#162D55 #55164C #553E16 #16551E

split-complementary

#162D55 #551E16 #4C5516

monochromatic

#060D18 #091324 #162D55 #234786 #2F60B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.63

#162D55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#162D55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162D55

13.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162D55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162D55	1.00	13.63	1.54	13.63
#FFFFFF	13.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A3157

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F2B54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00363C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162d55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 45, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.2% 0.078 260.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c6585',
    500: '#162d55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162d55;
$custom-light: #5c6585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162d55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.095,
    "s": 58.879,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30209,
    "c": 0.0781,
    "h": 260.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162D55

secondary

#8C6E3A

accent

#A946E2

background

#F5F6F8

surface

#E9EBEF

border

#C5C6CA

text

#04050B

muted

#797A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #162D55

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

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