#162E57#162E57

#162E57 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 30.6% C 0.080 H 260.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162E57
RGB	rgb(22, 46, 87)
HSL	hsl(218, 60%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(218, 75%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 47.1%, 0%, 65.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.28, 6.44, -27.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.28, 28.31, 283.16°)
OKLab	oklab(30.61% -0.0133 -0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(30.61% 0.08 260.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.0276, 2.8124, 9.3983)
Luminance	0.0281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162E57 #573F16

analogous

#164F57 #162E57 #1F1657

triadic

#162E57 #57162E #2E5716

tetradic

#162E57 #57164F #573F16 #16571F

square

#162E57 #57164F #573F16 #16571F

split-complementary

#162E57 #571F16 #4F5716

monochromatic

#060D18 #0A1426 #162E57 #224888 #2F62B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.44

#162E57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56

#162E57 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162E57

13.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162E57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162E57	1.00	13.44	1.56	13.44
#FFFFFF	13.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A3259

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F2C56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00373E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162e57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 46, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.6% 0.080 260.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c6687',
    500: '#162e57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162e57;
$custom-light: #5c6687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162e57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.846,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30611,
    "c": 0.07991,
    "h": 260.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162E57

secondary

#8E6F3A

accent

#A945E3

background

#F5F6F8

surface

#E9EBEF

border

#C5C6CA

text

#04050B

muted

#797A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #162E57

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

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