#162D79#162D79

#162D79 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.3% C 0.133 H 266.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162D79
RGB	rgb(22, 45, 121)
HSL	hsl(226, 69%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(226, 82%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.8%, 62.8%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.68, 21.36, -45.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.68, 50.54, 295.00°)
OKLab	oklab(33.29% -0.0088 -0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(33.29% 0.133 266.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.7192, 3.4273, 18.4983)
Luminance	0.0343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162D79 #796216

analogous

#165E79 #162D79 #311679

triadic

#162D79 #79162D #2D7916

tetradic

#162D79 #79165E #796216 #167931

square

#162D79 #79165E #796216 #167931

split-complementary

#162D79 #793116 #5E7916

monochromatic

#050A1A #0D1A45 #162D79 #1F40AD #3057D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.46

#162D79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#162D79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162D79

12.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162D79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162D79	1.00	12.46	1.69	12.46
#FFFFFF	12.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00397C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00404E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162d79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 45, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.3% 0.133 266.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6565a0',
    500: '#162d79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162d79;
$custom-light: #6565a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162d79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.061,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33288,
    "c": 0.13271,
    "h": 266.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162D79

secondary

#AE943D

accent

#C33CEC

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#EBEBF3

border

#C6C6CD

text

#07050F

muted

#7A7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #162D79

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

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