#162D5E#162D5E

#162D5E is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 30.9% C 0.092 H 263.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162D5E
RGB	rgb(22, 45, 94)
HSL	hsl(221, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(221, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 52.1%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.45, 10.11, -31.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.45, 33.48, 287.58°)
OKLab	oklab(30.91% -0.011 -0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(30.91% 0.092 263.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.2889, 2.8552, 10.9653)
Luminance	0.0285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162D5E #5E4716

analogous

#16515E #162D5E #23165E

triadic

#162D5E #5E162D #2D5E16

tetradic

#162D5E #5E1651 #5E4716 #165E23

square

#162D5E #5E1651 #5E4716 #165E23

split-complementary

#162D5E #5E2316 #515E16

monochromatic

#060C19 #0A152C #162D5E #224590 #2D5CC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.37

#162D5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#162D5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162D5E

13.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162D5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162D5E	1.00	13.37	1.57	13.37
#FFFFFF	13.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#123360

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002C5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003941

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162d5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 45, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.9% 0.092 263.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e658c',
    500: '#162d5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162d5e;
$custom-light: #5e658c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162d5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.833,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30909,
    "c": 0.09227,
    "h": 263.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162D5E

secondary

#95783B

accent

#B143E5

background

#F5F6F8

surface

#EAEBF0

border

#C6C6CB

text

#05050C

muted

#797A7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #162D5E

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

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