#162D8E#162D8E

#162D8E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.162 H 266.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162D8E
RGB	rgb(22, 45, 142)
HSL	hsl(229, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(229, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 68.3%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.67, 29.74, -55.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.67, 63.17, 298.08°)
OKLab	oklab(35.37% -0.0093 -0.1615)
OKLCH	oklch(35.37% 0.162 266.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.1500, 3.9996, 26.0338)
Luminance	0.0400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162D8E #8E7716

analogous

#16698E #162D8E #3B168E

triadic

#162D8E #8E162D #2D8E16

tetradic

#162D8E #8E1669 #8E7716 #168E3B

square

#162D8E #8E1669 #8E7716 #168E3B

split-complementary

#162D8E #8E3B16 #698E16

monochromatic

#060B24 #0E1C59 #162D8E #1E3EC3 #3D5DE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.67

#162D8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#162D8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162D8E

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162D8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162D8E	1.00	11.67	1.80	11.67
#FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00338C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004759

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162d8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 45, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.162 266.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b66b0',
    500: '#162d8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162d8e;
$custom-light: #6b66b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162d8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35367,
    "c": 0.16175,
    "h": 266.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162D8E

secondary

#C1A83F

accent

#CD38F0

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EDEBF6

border

#C8C6D0

text

#080511

muted

#7B7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #162D8E

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

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