#162E50#162E50

#162E50 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 30.1% C 0.069 H 257.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162E50
RGB	rgb(22, 46, 80)
HSL	hsl(215, 57%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(215, 73%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 42.5%, 0%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.82, 3.53, -23.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.82, 23.88, 278.50°)
OKLab	oklab(30.1% -0.0151 -0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(30.1% 0.069 257.4)
XYZ	xyz(2.7553, 2.7035, 7.9645)
Luminance	0.0270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162E50 #503816

analogous

#164B50 #162E50 #1B1650

triadic

#162E50 #50162E #2E5016

tetradic

#162E50 #50164B #503816 #16501B

square

#162E50 #50164B #503816 #16501B

split-complementary

#162E50 #501B16 #4B5016

monochromatic

#070E18 #091220 #162E50 #234A80 #3065B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.63

#162E50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#162E50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162E50

13.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162E50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162E50	1.00	13.63	1.54	13.63
#FFFFFF	13.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F3151

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#162B4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00363B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 46, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.1% 0.069 257.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5b6681',
    500: '#162e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162e50;
$custom-light: #5b6681;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.172,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30104,
    "c": 0.06887,
    "h": 257.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162E50

secondary

#87683A

accent

#A148E0

background

#F5F6F7

surface

#E9EBEE

border

#C5C6C9

text

#04050A

muted

#797A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #162E50

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

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