#162D7B#162D7B

#162D7B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 33.5% C 0.136 H 266.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162D7B
RGB	rgb(22, 45, 123)
HSL	hsl(226, 70%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(226, 82%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.1%, 63.4%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.86, 22.18, -46.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.86, 51.77, 295.36°)
OKLab	oklab(33.48% -0.0088 -0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(33.48% 0.136 266.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.8432, 3.4768, 19.1509)
Luminance	0.0348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162D7B #7B6416

analogous

#165F7B #162D7B #32167B

triadic

#162D7B #7B162D #2D7B16

tetradic

#162D7B #7B165F #7B6416 #167B32

square

#162D7B #7B165F #7B6416 #167B32

split-complementary

#162D7B #7B3216 #5F7B16

monochromatic

#05091A #0D1A47 #162D7B #1F40AF #3158DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.39

#162D7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#162D7B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162D7B

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162D7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162D7B	1.00	12.39	1.70	12.39
#FFFFFF	12.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00397E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00307A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00414F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162d7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 45, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.5% 0.136 266.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6665a2',
    500: '#162d7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162d7b;
$custom-light: #6665a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162d7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.337,
    "s": 69.655,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33479,
    "c": 0.13557,
    "h": 266.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162D7B

secondary

#B0963D

accent

#C43BEC

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#EBEBF4

border

#C6C6CE

text

#07050F

muted

#7A7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #162D7B

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

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