#162D7C#162D7C

#162D7C is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 33.6% C 0.137 H 266.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162D7C
RGB	rgb(22, 45, 124)
HSL	hsl(226, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(226, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.3%, 63.7%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.95, 22.58, -47.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.95, 52.38, 295.54°)
OKLab	oklab(33.58% -0.0088 -0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(33.58% 0.137 266.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.9061, 3.5020, 19.4823)
Luminance	0.0350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162D7C #7C6516

analogous

#16607C #162D7C #32167C

triadic

#162D7C #7C162D #2D7C16

tetradic

#162D7C #7C1660 #7C6516 #167C32

square

#162D7C #7C1660 #7C6516 #167C32

split-complementary

#162D7C #7C3216 #607C16

monochromatic

#05091A #0D1A48 #162D7C #1F40B0 #3258DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.35

#162D7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#162D7C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162D7C

12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162D7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162D7C	1.00	12.35	1.70	12.35
#FFFFFF	12.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00397F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00307A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004150

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162d7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 45, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.6% 0.137 266.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6665a3',
    500: '#162d7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162d7c;
$custom-light: #6665a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162d7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.471,
    "s": 69.863,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33575,
    "c": 0.13699,
    "h": 266.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162D7C

secondary

#B1973D

accent

#C53BED

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#EBEBF4

border

#C6C6CE

text

#07050F

muted

#7A7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #162D7C

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

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