#162E72#162E72

#162E72 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 32.9% C 0.121 H 265.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162E72
RGB	rgb(22, 46, 114)
HSL	hsl(224, 68%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(224, 81%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.7%, 59.6%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.35, 17.76, -41.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.35, 45.47, 292.99°)
OKLab	oklab(32.85% -0.0098 -0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(32.85% 0.121 265.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.3441, 3.3390, 16.3319)
Luminance	0.0334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162E72 #725A16

analogous

#165C72 #162E72 #2C1672

triadic

#162E72 #72162E #2E7216

tetradic

#162E72 #72165C #725A16 #16722C

square

#162E72 #72165C #725A16 #16722C

split-complementary

#162E72 #722C16 #5C7216

monochromatic

#050A1A #0C193F #162E72 #2043A5 #2C59D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.59

#162E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#162E72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162E72

12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162E72	1.00	12.59	1.67	12.59
#FFFFFF	12.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003874

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003F4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 46, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.9% 0.121 265.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#63669b',
    500: '#162e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162e72;
$custom-light: #63669b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.348,
    "s": 67.647,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32853,
    "c": 0.12123,
    "h": 265.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162E72

secondary

#A88C3C

accent

#BD3DEB

background

#F6F6F9

surface

#EBEBF2

border

#C6C6CC

text

#06050E

muted

#7A7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #162E72

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

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