#162E53#162E53

#162E53 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 30.3% C 0.074 H 258.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162E53
RGB	rgb(22, 46, 83)
HSL	hsl(216, 58%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(216, 73%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 44.6%, 0%, 67.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.01, 4.77, -25.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.01, 25.77, 280.68°)
OKLab	oklab(30.32% -0.0143 -0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(30.32% 0.074 258.8)
XYZ	xyz(2.8686, 2.7488, 8.5613)
Luminance	0.0275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162E53 #533B16

analogous

#164C53 #162E53 #1C1653

triadic

#162E53 #53162E #2E5316

tetradic

#162E53 #53164C #533B16 #16531C

square

#162E53 #53164C #533B16 #16531C

split-complementary

#162E53 #531C16 #4C5316

monochromatic

#060D18 #091323 #162E53 #234983 #3064B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.55

#162E53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.55

#162E53 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162E53

13.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162E53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162E53	1.00	13.55	1.55	13.55
#FFFFFF	13.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D3154

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#132C52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00373C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162e53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 46, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.3% 0.074 258.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5b6683',
    500: '#162e53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162e53;
$custom-light: #5b6683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162e53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.393,
    "s": 58.095,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30317,
    "c": 0.0736,
    "h": 258.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162E53

secondary

#8A6B3A

accent

#A446E1

background

#F5F6F8

surface

#E9EBEF

border

#C5C6CA

text

#04050A

muted

#797A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #162E53

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

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