#162E54#162E54

#162E54 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 30.4% C 0.075 H 259.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162E54
RGB	rgb(22, 46, 84)
HSL	hsl(217, 58%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(217, 74%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.8%, 45.2%, 0%, 67.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.07, 5.19, -25.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.07, 26.40, 281.34°)
OKLab	oklab(30.39% -0.014 -0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(30.39% 0.075 259.2)
XYZ	xyz(2.9075, 2.7644, 8.7661)
Luminance	0.0277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162E54 #543C16

analogous

#164D54 #162E54 #1D1654

triadic

#162E54 #54162E #2E5416

tetradic

#162E54 #54164D #543C16 #16541D

square

#162E54 #54164D #543C16 #16541D

split-complementary

#162E54 #541D16 #4D5416

monochromatic

#060D18 #091324 #162E54 #234984 #2F63B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.52

#162E54 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.55

#162E54 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162E54

13.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162E54	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162E54	1.00	13.52	1.55	13.52
#FFFFFF	13.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C3155

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#122C53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00373C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162e54;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 46, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.4% 0.075 259.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c6684',
    500: '#162e54',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162e54;
$custom-light: #5c6684;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162e54",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.774,
    "s": 58.491,
    "l": 20.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3039,
    "c": 0.07517,
    "h": 259.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162E54

secondary

#8B6C3A

accent

#A546E2

background

#F5F6F8

surface

#E9EBEF

border

#C5C6CA

text

#04050B

muted

#797A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #162E54

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

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