#162D5F#162D5F

#162D5F is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 31.0% C 0.094 H 263.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162D5F
RGB	rgb(22, 45, 95)
HSL	hsl(221, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(221, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 52.6%, 0%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.53, 10.53, -32.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.53, 34.13, 287.98°)
OKLab	oklab(30.99% -0.0108 -0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(30.99% 0.094 263.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.3341, 2.8732, 11.2031)
Luminance	0.0287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162D5F #5F4816

analogous

#16515F #162D5F #23165F

triadic

#162D5F #5F162D #2D5F16

tetradic

#162D5F #5F1651 #5F4816 #165F23

square

#162D5F #5F1651 #5F4816 #165F23

split-complementary

#162D5F #5F2316 #515F16

monochromatic

#060C19 #0A152D #162D5F #224591 #2D5CC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.34

#162D5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#162D5F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162D5F

13.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162D5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162D5F	1.00	13.34	1.57	13.34
#FFFFFF	13.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#113361

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002C5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003941

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162d5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 45, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.0% 0.094 263.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e658d',
    500: '#162d5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162d5f;
$custom-light: #5e658d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162d5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.096,
    "s": 62.393,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3099,
    "c": 0.09383,
    "h": 263.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162D5F

secondary

#96793B

accent

#B242E5

background

#F5F6F8

surface

#EAEBF0

border

#C6C6CB

text

#05050C

muted

#797A7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #162D5F

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

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