#162D5B#162D5B

#162D5B is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 30.7% C 0.088 H 262.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162D5B
RGB	rgb(22, 45, 91)
HSL	hsl(220, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(220, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.8%, 50.5%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.23, 8.85, -30.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.23, 31.56, 286.29°)
OKLab	oklab(30.67% -0.0115 -0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(30.67% 0.088 262.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.1569, 2.8023, 10.2700)
Luminance	0.0280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162D5B #5B4416

analogous

#16505B #162D5B #22165B

triadic

#162D5B #5B162D #2D5B16

tetradic

#162D5B #5B1650 #5B4416 #165B22

square

#162D5B #5B1650 #5B4416 #165B22

split-complementary

#162D5B #5B2216 #505B16

monochromatic

#060C19 #0A152A #162D5B #22458C #2E5EBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.46

#162D5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56

#162D5B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162D5B

13.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162D5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162D5B	1.00	13.46	1.56	13.46
#FFFFFF	13.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#15325D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#062C5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00383F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162d5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 45, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.7% 0.088 262.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5d658a',
    500: '#162d5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162d5b;
$custom-light: #5d658a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162d5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3067,
    "c": 0.08758,
    "h": 262.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162D5B

secondary

#92753B

accent

#AF44E4

background

#F5F6F8

surface

#E9EBF0

border

#C5C6CB

text

#05050B

muted

#797A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #162D5B

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

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