#162E52#162E52

#162E52 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 30.2% C 0.072 H 258.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162E52
RGB	rgb(22, 46, 82)
HSL	hsl(216, 58%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(216, 73%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 43.9%, 0%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.94, 4.36, -24.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.94, 25.14, 279.99°)
OKLab	oklab(30.25% -0.0145 -0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(30.25% 0.072 258.4)
XYZ	xyz(2.8303, 2.7335, 8.3595)
Luminance	0.0273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162E52 #523A16

analogous

#164C52 #162E52 #1C1652

triadic

#162E52 #52162E #2E5216

tetradic

#162E52 #52164C #523A16 #16521C

square

#162E52 #52164C #523A16 #16521C

split-complementary

#162E52 #521C16 #4C5216

monochromatic

#060E18 #091322 #162E52 #234982 #3064B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.58

#162E52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.55

#162E52 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162E52

13.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162E52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162E52	1.00	13.58	1.55	13.58
#FFFFFF	13.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E3153

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#142B51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00363C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162e52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 46, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.2% 0.072 258.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5b6683',
    500: '#162e52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162e52;
$custom-light: #5b6683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162e52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 20.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30246,
    "c": 0.07201,
    "h": 258.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162E52

secondary

#896A3A

accent

#A347E1

background

#F5F6F8

surface

#E9EBEF

border

#C5C6CA

text

#04050A

muted

#797A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #162E52

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

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