#162D5D#162D5D

#162D5D is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 30.8% C 0.091 H 262.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162D5D
RGB	rgb(22, 45, 93)
HSL	hsl(221, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(221, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 51.6%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.38, 9.69, -31.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.38, 32.84, 287.16°)
OKLab	oklab(30.83% -0.0111 -0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(30.83% 0.091 262.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.2443, 2.8373, 10.7305)
Luminance	0.0284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162D5D #5D4616

analogous

#16515D #162D5D #22165D

triadic

#162D5D #5D162D #2D5D16

tetradic

#162D5D #5D1651 #5D4616 #165D22

square

#162D5D #5D1651 #5D4616 #165D22

split-complementary

#162D5D #5D2216 #515D16

monochromatic

#060C19 #0A152C #162D5D #22458E #2D5DC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.40

#162D5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#162D5D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162D5D

13.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162D5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162D5D	1.00	13.40	1.57	13.40
#FFFFFF	13.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#13325F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#022C5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003840

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162d5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 45, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.8% 0.091 262.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e658b',
    500: '#162d5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162d5d;
$custom-light: #5e658b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162d5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.563,
    "s": 61.739,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30828,
    "c": 0.09071,
    "h": 262.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162D5D

secondary

#94773B

accent

#B043E5

background

#F5F6F8

surface

#E9EBF0

border

#C5C6CB

text

#05050C

muted

#797A7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #162D5D

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

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