#162E56#162E56

#162E56 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 30.5% C 0.078 H 260.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162E56
RGB	rgb(22, 46, 86)
HSL	hsl(218, 59%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(218, 74%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 46.5%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.21, 6.03, -27.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.21, 27.67, 282.58°)
OKLab	oklab(30.54% -0.0136 -0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(30.54% 0.078 260)
XYZ	xyz(2.9870, 2.7961, 9.1846)
Luminance	0.0280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162E56 #563E16

analogous

#164E56 #162E56 #1E1656

triadic

#162E56 #56162E #2E5616

tetradic

#162E56 #56164E #563E16 #16561E

square

#162E56 #56164E #563E16 #16561E

split-complementary

#162E56 #561E16 #4E5616

monochromatic

#060D18 #0A1425 #162E56 #224887 #2F62B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.47

#162E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56

#162E56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162E56

13.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162E56	1.00	13.47	1.56	13.47
#FFFFFF	13.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B3258

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#102C55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00373D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 46, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.5% 0.078 260.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c6686',
    500: '#162e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162e56;
$custom-light: #5c6686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.5,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30537,
    "c": 0.07833,
    "h": 260
  },
  "luminance": 0.02796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162E56

secondary

#8D6E3A

accent

#A845E2

background

#F5F6F8

surface

#E9EBEF

border

#C5C6CA

text

#04050B

muted

#797A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #162E56

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

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