#162D8D#162D8D

#162D8D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.160 H 266.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162D8D
RGB	rgb(22, 45, 141)
HSL	hsl(228, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(228, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.4%, 68.1%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.57, 29.35, -55.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.57, 62.59, 297.97°)
OKLab	oklab(35.27% -0.0092 -0.1601)
OKLCH	oklch(35.27% 0.16 266.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.0753, 3.9697, 25.6402)
Luminance	0.0397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162D8D #8D7616

analogous

#16698D #162D8D #3A168D

triadic

#162D8D #8D162D #2D8D16

tetradic

#162D8D #8D1669 #8D7616 #168D3A

square

#162D8D #8D1669 #8D7616 #168D3A

split-complementary

#162D8D #8D3A16 #698D16

monochromatic

#050B23 #0E1C58 #162D8D #1E3EC2 #3D5CE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.71

#162D8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#162D8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162D8D

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162D8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162D8D	1.00	11.71	1.79	11.71
#FFFFFF	11.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00338B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004759

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162d8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 45, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.160 266.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b66af',
    500: '#162d8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162d8d;
$custom-light: #6b66af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162d8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.403,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35265,
    "c": 0.16042,
    "h": 266.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162D8D

secondary

#C1A73E

accent

#CC38F0

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF5

border

#C8C6CF

text

#080510

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #162D8D

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

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