#162E5B#162E5B

#162E5B is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 30.9% C 0.086 H 261.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162E5B
RGB	rgb(22, 46, 91)
HSL	hsl(219, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(219, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.8%, 49.5%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.56, 8.12, -29.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.56, 30.86, 285.25°)
OKLab	oklab(30.92% -0.0125 -0.0853)
OKLCH	oklch(30.92% 0.086 261.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.1955, 2.8796, 10.2829)
Luminance	0.0288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162E5B #5B4316

analogous

#16515B #162E5B #20165B

triadic

#162E5B #5B162E #2E5B16

tetradic

#162E5B #5B1651 #5B4316 #165B20

square

#162E5B #5B1651 #5B4316 #165B20

split-complementary

#162E5B #5B2016 #515B16

monochromatic

#060C19 #0A152A #162E5B #22478C #2E60BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.32

#162E5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#162E5B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162E5B

13.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162E5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162E5B	1.00	13.32	1.58	13.32
#FFFFFF	13.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#17335D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#092C5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003940

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162e5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 46, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.9% 0.086 261.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5d668a',
    500: '#162e5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162e5b;
$custom-light: #5d668a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162e5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.13,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30916,
    "c": 0.0862,
    "h": 261.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162E5B

secondary

#92743B

accent

#AC44E4

background

#F5F6F8

surface

#E9EBF0

border

#C5C6CB

text

#05050B

muted

#797A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #162E5B

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

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