#162D56#162D56

#162D56 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 30.3% C 0.080 H 261.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162D56
RGB	rgb(22, 45, 86)
HSL	hsl(218, 59%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(218, 74%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 47.7%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.88, 6.75, -27.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.88, 28.35, 283.78°)
OKLab	oklab(30.28% -0.0125 -0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(30.28% 0.08 261)
XYZ	xyz(2.9484, 2.7189, 9.1717)
Luminance	0.0272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162D56 #563F16

analogous

#164D56 #162D56 #1F1656

triadic

#162D56 #56162D #2D5616

tetradic

#162D56 #56164D #563F16 #16561F

square

#162D56 #56164D #563F16 #16561F

split-complementary

#162D56 #561F16 #4D5616

monochromatic

#060D18 #0A1325 #162D56 #224687 #2F60B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.60

#162D56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#162D56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162D56

13.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162D56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162D56	1.00	13.60	1.54	13.60
#FFFFFF	13.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#193158

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0E2B55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00363D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162d56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 45, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.3% 0.080 261.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c6586',
    500: '#162d56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162d56;
$custom-light: #5c6586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162d56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.438,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30284,
    "c": 0.07968,
    "h": 261
  },
  "luminance": 0.02719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162D56

secondary

#8D703A

accent

#AA45E2

background

#F5F6F8

surface

#E9EBEF

border

#C5C6CA

text

#04050B

muted

#797A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #162D56

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

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