#162E59#162E59

#162E59 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 30.8% C 0.083 H 261.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162E59
RGB	rgb(22, 46, 89)
HSL	hsl(219, 60%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(219, 75%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 48.3%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.41, 7.28, -28.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.41, 29.59, 284.25°)
OKLab	oklab(30.76% -0.0129 -0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(30.76% 0.083 261.1)
XYZ	xyz(3.1104, 2.8455, 9.8346)
Luminance	0.0285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162E59 #594116

analogous

#165059 #162E59 #201659

triadic

#162E59 #59162E #2E5916

tetradic

#162E59 #591650 #594116 #165920

square

#162E59 #591650 #594116 #165920

split-complementary

#162E59 #592016 #505916

monochromatic

#060D19 #0A1528 #162E59 #22478A #2E61BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.38

#162E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#162E59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162E59

13.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162E59	1.00	13.38	1.57	13.38
#FFFFFF	13.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#19325B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0C2C58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00383F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 46, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.8% 0.083 261.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5d6688',
    500: '#162e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162e59;
$custom-light: #5d6688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.507,
    "s": 60.36,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30762,
    "c": 0.08306,
    "h": 261.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162E59

secondary

#90723B

accent

#AA44E4

background

#F5F6F8

surface

#E9EBF0

border

#C5C6CB

text

#05050B

muted

#797A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #162E59

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

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