#162D7E#162D7E

#162D7E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 33.8% C 0.140 H 266.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162D7E
RGB	rgb(22, 45, 126)
HSL	hsl(227, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(227, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.5%, 64.3%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.14, 23.39, -48.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.14, 53.61, 295.87°)
OKLab	oklab(33.77% -0.0088 -0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(33.77% 0.14 266.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.0338, 3.5531, 20.1551)
Luminance	0.0355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162D7E #7E6716

analogous

#16617E #162D7E #33167E

triadic

#162D7E #7E162D #2D7E16

tetradic

#162D7E #7E1661 #7E6716 #167E33

square

#162D7E #7E1661 #7E6716 #167E33

split-complementary

#162D7E #7E3316 #617E16

monochromatic

#05091A #0D1A4A #162D7E #1F40B2 #3358DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.27

#162D7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#162D7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162D7E

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162D7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162D7E	1.00	12.27	1.71	12.27
#FFFFFF	12.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00307C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004251

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162d7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 45, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.8% 0.140 266.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6765a4',
    500: '#162d7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162d7e;
$custom-light: #6765a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162d7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.731,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33768,
    "c": 0.13982,
    "h": 266.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162D7E

secondary

#B3993D

accent

#C63BED

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#EBEBF4

border

#C6C6CE

text

#07050F

muted

#7A7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #162D7E

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

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