#162D9E#162D9E

#162D9E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.183 H 266.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162D9E
RGB	rgb(22, 45, 158)
HSL	hsl(230, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(230, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.1%, 71.5%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.31, 35.83, -62.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.31, 72.37, 299.68°)
OKLab	oklab(37.05% -0.0104 -0.1823)
OKLCH	oklch(37.05% 0.183 266.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.4387, 4.5150, 32.8206)
Luminance	0.0452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162D9E #9E8716

analogous

#16719E #162D9E #43169E

triadic

#162D9E #9E162D #2D9E16

tetradic

#162D9E #9E1671 #9E8716 #169E43

square

#162D9E #9E1671 #9E8716 #169E43

split-complementary

#162D9E #9E4316 #719E16

monochromatic

#070E33 #0F1E68 #162D9E #1D3CD4 #4963E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.03

#162D9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#162D9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162D9E

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162D9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162D9E	1.00	11.03	1.90	11.03
#FFFFFF	11.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00359C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004D62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162d9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 45, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.183 266.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7066bc',
    500: '#162d9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162d9e;
$custom-light: #7066bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162d9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.853,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37049,
    "c": 0.1826,
    "h": 266.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162D9E

secondary

#C7B249

accent

#D236F2

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EDEBF7

border

#C8C6D0

text

#090612

muted

#7B7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #162D9E

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

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