#162D78#162D78

#162D78 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.2% C 0.131 H 266.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162D78
RGB	rgb(22, 45, 120)
HSL	hsl(226, 69%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(226, 82%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.7%, 62.5%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.59, 20.95, -45.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.59, 49.92, 294.81°)
OKLab	oklab(33.19% -0.0088 -0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(33.19% 0.131 266.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.6582, 3.4029, 18.1770)
Luminance	0.0340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162D78 #786116

analogous

#165E78 #162D78 #301678

triadic

#162D78 #78162D #2D7816

tetradic

#162D78 #78165E #786116 #167830

square

#162D78 #78165E #786116 #167830

split-complementary

#162D78 #783016 #5E7816

monochromatic

#050A1A #0D1A44 #162D78 #1F40AC #2F57D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.50

#162D78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#162D78 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162D78

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162D78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162D78	1.00	12.50	1.68	12.50
#FFFFFF	12.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00387A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00404E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162d78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 45, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.2% 0.131 266.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6565a0',
    500: '#162d78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162d78;
$custom-light: #6565a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162d78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.918,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33194,
    "c": 0.13128,
    "h": 266.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162D78

secondary

#AD933C

accent

#C33CEC

background

#F6F6F9

surface

#EBEBF2

border

#C6C6CC

text

#07050F

muted

#7A7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #162D78

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

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