#162D80#162D80

#162D80 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.0% C 0.143 H 266.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162D80
RGB	rgb(22, 45, 128)
HSL	hsl(227, 71%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(227, 83%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.8%, 64.8%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.32, 24.20, -49.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.32, 54.82, 296.19°)
OKLab	oklab(33.96% -0.0088 -0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(33.96% 0.143 266.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.1642, 3.6053, 20.8416)
Luminance	0.0361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162D80 #806916

analogous

#166280 #162D80 #341680

triadic

#162D80 #80162D #2D8016

tetradic

#162D80 #801662 #806916 #168034

square

#162D80 #801662 #806916 #168034

split-complementary

#162D80 #803416 #628016

monochromatic

#04091A #0D1B4C #162D80 #1F3FB4 #3459DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.20

#162D80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#162D80 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162D80

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162D80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162D80	1.00	12.20	1.72	12.20
#FFFFFF	12.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00307E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004352

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162d80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 45, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.0% 0.143 266.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6765a6',
    500: '#162d80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162d80;
$custom-light: #6765a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162d80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.981,
    "s": 70.667,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33963,
    "c": 0.14262,
    "h": 266.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162D80

secondary

#B59B3D

accent

#C73AED

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#ECEBF4

border

#C7C6CE

text

#07050F

muted

#7A7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #162D80

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

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