#162D6E#162D6E

#162D6E is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 32.3% C 0.117 H 265.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162D6E
RGB	rgb(22, 45, 110)
HSL	hsl(224, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(224, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(80%, 59.1%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.72, 16.82, -40.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.72, 43.68, 292.65°)
OKLab	oklab(32.27% -0.0092 -0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(32.27% 0.117 265.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.0827, 3.1727, 15.1460)
Luminance	0.0317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162D6E #6E5716

analogous

#16596E #162D6E #2B166E

triadic

#162D6E #6E162D #2D6E16

tetradic

#162D6E #6E1659 #6E5716 #166E2B

square

#162D6E #6E1659 #6E5716 #166E2B

split-complementary

#162D6E #6E2B16 #596E16

monochromatic

#050A1A #0C183B #162D6E #2042A1 #2A57D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.85

#162D6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#162D6E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162D6E

12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162D6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162D6E	1.00	12.85	1.63	12.85
#FFFFFF	12.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003670

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002E6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003D48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162d6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 45, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.3% 0.117 265.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#626598',
    500: '#162d6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162d6e;
$custom-light: #626598;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162d6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.318,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32273,
    "c": 0.11667,
    "h": 265.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162D6E

secondary

#A4893C

accent

#BD3EEA

background

#F6F6F9

surface

#EBEBF2

border

#C6C6CC

text

#06050E

muted

#7A7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #162D6E

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

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