#162D81#162D81

#162D81 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.144 H 266.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162D81
RGB	rgb(22, 45, 129)
HSL	hsl(227, 71%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(227, 83%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.9%, 65.1%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.41, 24.60, -49.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.41, 55.43, 296.35°)
OKLab	oklab(34.06% -0.0088 -0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(34.06% 0.144 266.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.2303, 3.6317, 21.1900)
Luminance	0.0363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162D81 #816A16

analogous

#166381 #162D81 #351681

triadic

#162D81 #81162D #2D8116

tetradic

#162D81 #811663 #816A16 #168135

square

#162D81 #811663 #816A16 #168135

split-complementary

#162D81 #813516 #638116

monochromatic

#04091A #0D1B4D #162D81 #1F3FB5 #3559DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.16

#162D81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#162D81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162D81

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162D81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162D81	1.00	12.16	1.73	12.16
#FFFFFF	12.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00317F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004352

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162d81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 45, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.144 266.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6865a6',
    500: '#162d81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162d81;
$custom-light: #6865a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162d81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.103,
    "s": 70.861,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3406,
    "c": 0.14402,
    "h": 266.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162D81

secondary

#B69C3D

accent

#C73AEE

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#ECEBF4

border

#C7C6CE

text

#07050F

muted

#7A7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #162D81

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

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