#162E5C#162E5C

#162E5C is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 31.0% C 0.088 H 261.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162E5C
RGB	rgb(22, 46, 92)
HSL	hsl(219, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(219, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 50%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.63, 8.54, -30.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.63, 31.50, 285.73°)
OKLab	oklab(30.99% -0.0123 -0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(30.99% 0.088 261.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.2389, 2.8969, 10.5116)
Luminance	0.0290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162E5C #5C4416

analogous

#16515C #162E5C #21165C

triadic

#162E5C #5C162E #2E5C16

tetradic

#162E5C #5C1651 #5C4416 #165C21

square

#162E5C #5C1651 #5C4416 #165C21

split-complementary

#162E5C #5C2116 #515C16

monochromatic

#060C19 #0A152B #162E5C #22478D #2E5FBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.30

#162E5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#162E5C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162E5C

13.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162E5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162E5C	1.00	13.30	1.58	13.30
#FFFFFF	13.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#16335E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#072C5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003940

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162e5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 46, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.0% 0.088 261.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5d668a',
    500: '#162e5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162e5c;
$custom-light: #5d668a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162e5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.429,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30994,
    "c": 0.08776,
    "h": 261.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162E5C

secondary

#93753B

accent

#AD43E5

background

#F5F6F8

surface

#E9EBF0

border

#C5C6CB

text

#05050C

muted

#797A7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #162E5C

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

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