#162E73#162E73

#162E73 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 32.9% C 0.123 H 265.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162E73
RGB	rgb(22, 46, 115)
HSL	hsl(225, 68%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(225, 81%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.9%, 60%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.44, 18.18, -42.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.44, 46.10, 293.22°)
OKLab	oklab(32.94% -0.0097 -0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(32.94% 0.123 265.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.4013, 3.3619, 16.6333)
Luminance	0.0336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162E73 #735B16

analogous

#165D73 #162E73 #2D1673

triadic

#162E73 #73162E #2E7316

tetradic

#162E73 #73165D #735B16 #16732D

square

#162E73 #73165D #735B16 #16732D

split-complementary

#162E73 #732D16 #5D7316

monochromatic

#050A1A #0C1940 #162E73 #2043A6 #2D59D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.56

#162E73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#162E73 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162E73

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162E73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162E73	1.00	12.56	1.67	12.56
#FFFFFF	12.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003875

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003F4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162e73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 46, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.9% 0.123 265.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#64669c',
    500: '#162e73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162e73;
$custom-light: #64669c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162e73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.516,
    "s": 67.883,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32944,
    "c": 0.1227,
    "h": 265.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162E73

secondary

#A98D3C

accent

#BE3DEB

background

#F6F6F9

surface

#EBEBF2

border

#C6C6CC

text

#06050E

muted

#7A7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #162E73

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

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