#162E55#162E55

#162E55 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 30.5% C 0.077 H 259.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162E55
RGB	rgb(22, 46, 85)
HSL	hsl(217, 59%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(217, 74%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 45.9%, 0%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.14, 5.61, -26.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.14, 27.04, 281.97°)
OKLab	oklab(30.46% -0.0138 -0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(30.46% 0.077 259.6)
XYZ	xyz(2.9470, 2.7801, 8.9739)
Luminance	0.0278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162E55 #553D16

analogous

#164D55 #162E55 #1D1655

triadic

#162E55 #55162E #2E5516

tetradic

#162E55 #55164D #553D16 #16551D

square

#162E55 #55164D #553D16 #16551D

split-complementary

#162E55 #551D16 #4D5516

monochromatic

#060D18 #091424 #162E55 #234886 #2F63B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.50

#162E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56

#162E55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162E55

13.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162E55	1.00	13.50	1.56	13.50
#FFFFFF	13.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C3257

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#112C54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00373D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 46, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.5% 0.077 259.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c6685',
    500: '#162e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162e55;
$custom-light: #5c6685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.143,
    "s": 58.879,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30463,
    "c": 0.07675,
    "h": 259.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162E55

secondary

#8C6D3A

accent

#A746E2

background

#F5F6F8

surface

#E9EBEF

border

#C5C6CA

text

#04050B

muted

#797A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #162E55

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

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