#162E5A#162E5A

#162E5A is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 30.8% C 0.085 H 261.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162E5A
RGB	rgb(22, 46, 90)
HSL	hsl(219, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(219, 76%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 48.9%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.48, 7.70, -29.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.48, 30.23, 284.76°)
OKLab	oklab(30.84% -0.0127 -0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(30.84% 0.085 261.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.1527, 2.8624, 10.0572)
Luminance	0.0286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162E5A #5A4216

analogous

#16505A #162E5A #20165A

triadic

#162E5A #5A162E #2E5A16

tetradic

#162E5A #5A1650 #5A4216 #165A20

square

#162E5A #5A1650 #5A4216 #165A20

split-complementary

#162E5A #5A2016 #505A16

monochromatic

#060D19 #0A1529 #162E5A #22478B #2E60BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.35

#162E5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#162E5A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162E5A

13.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162E5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162E5A	1.00	13.35	1.57	13.35
#FFFFFF	13.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#18335C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0A2C59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00383F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162e5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 46, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.8% 0.085 261.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5d6689',
    500: '#162e5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162e5a;
$custom-light: #5d6689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162e5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.824,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30839,
    "c": 0.08463,
    "h": 261.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162E5A

secondary

#91733B

accent

#AB44E4

background

#F5F6F8

surface

#E9EBF0

border

#C5C6CB

text

#05050B

muted

#797A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #162E5A

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

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