#162D8F#162D8F

#162D8F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.163 H 266.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162D8F
RGB	rgb(22, 45, 143)
HSL	hsl(229, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(229, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.6%, 68.5%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.77, 30.13, -56.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.77, 63.76, 298.20°)
OKLab	oklab(35.47% -0.0093 -0.1628)
OKLCH	oklch(35.47% 0.163 266.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.2255, 4.0298, 26.4310)
Luminance	0.0403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162D8F #8F7816

analogous

#166A8F #162D8F #3C168F

triadic

#162D8F #8F162D #2D8F16

tetradic

#162D8F #8F166A #8F7816 #168F3C

square

#162D8F #8F166A #8F7816 #168F3C

split-complementary

#162D8F #8F3C16 #6A8F16

monochromatic

#060C25 #0E1C5A #162D8F #1E3EC4 #3E5DE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.63

#162D8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#162D8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162D8F

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162D8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162D8F	1.00	11.63	1.81	11.63
#FFFFFF	11.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00338D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00485A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162d8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 45, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.163 266.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c66b1',
    500: '#162d8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162d8f;
$custom-light: #6c66b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162d8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.595,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3547,
    "c": 0.16309,
    "h": 266.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162D8F

secondary

#C1A93F

accent

#CD38F0

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EDEBF6

border

#C8C6D0

text

#080511

muted

#7B7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #162D8F

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

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