#162D8A#162D8A

#162D8A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.156 H 266.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162D8A
RGB	rgb(22, 45, 138)
HSL	hsl(228, 73%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(228, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.1%, 67.4%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.28, 28.18, -53.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.28, 60.82, 297.60°)
OKLab	oklab(34.96% -0.0091 -0.1561)
OKLCH	oklch(34.96% 0.156 266.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.8551, 3.8816, 24.4805)
Luminance	0.0388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162D8A #8A7316

analogous

#16678A #162D8A #39168A

triadic

#162D8A #8A162D #2D8A16

tetradic

#162D8A #8A1667 #8A7316 #168A39

square

#162D8A #8A1667 #8A7316 #168A39

split-complementary

#162D8A #8A3916 #678A16

monochromatic

#050B20 #0E1C55 #162D8A #1E3EBF #3B5BE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.82

#162D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#162D8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162D8A

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162D8A	1.00	11.82	1.78	11.82
#FFFFFF	11.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003288

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004657

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 45, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.156 266.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a65ad',
    500: '#162d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162d8a;
$custom-light: #6a65ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.103,
    "s": 72.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34959,
    "c": 0.15638,
    "h": 266.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162D8A

secondary

#BEA43E

accent

#CB39EF

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#ECEBF4

border

#C7C6CE

text

#080510

muted

#7A7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #162D8A

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

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