#162D85#162D85

#162D85 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.150 H 266.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162D85
RGB	rgb(22, 45, 133)
HSL	hsl(228, 72%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(228, 83%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.5%, 66.2%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.79, 26.20, -51.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.79, 57.84, 296.94°)
OKLab	oklab(34.46% -0.0089 -0.1493)
OKLCH	oklch(34.46% 0.15 266.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.5014, 3.7401, 22.6177)
Luminance	0.0374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162D85 #856E16

analogous

#166485 #162D85 #371685

triadic

#162D85 #85162D #2D8516

tetradic

#162D85 #851664 #856E16 #168537

square

#162D85 #851664 #856E16 #168537

split-complementary

#162D85 #853716 #648516

monochromatic

#05091C #0D1B50 #162D85 #1F3FBA #375ADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.01

#162D85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#162D85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162D85

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162D85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162D85	1.00	12.01	1.75	12.01
#FFFFFF	12.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003183

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004454

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162d85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 45, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.150 266.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6965a9',
    500: '#162d85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162d85;
$custom-light: #6965a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162d85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.568,
    "s": 71.613,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34456,
    "c": 0.14956,
    "h": 266.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162D85

secondary

#B9A03E

accent

#C939EE

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#ECEBF4

border

#C7C6CE

text

#070510

muted

#7A7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #162D85

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

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