#162E75#162E75

#162E75 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.1% C 0.126 H 265.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162E75
RGB	rgb(22, 46, 117)
HSL	hsl(225, 68%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(225, 81%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.2%, 60.7%, 0%, 54.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.61, 19.00, -43.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.61, 47.35, 293.66°)
OKLab	oklab(33.13% -0.0096 -0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(33.13% 0.126 265.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.5176, 3.4084, 17.2460)
Luminance	0.0341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162E75 #755D16

analogous

#165E75 #162E75 #2E1675

triadic

#162E75 #75162E #2E7516

tetradic

#162E75 #75165E #755D16 #16752E

square

#162E75 #75165E #755D16 #16752E

split-complementary

#162E75 #752E16 #5E7516

monochromatic

#050A1A #0C1A41 #162E75 #2042A9 #2E59D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.49

#162E75 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#162E75 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162E75

12.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162E75	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162E75	1.00	12.49	1.68	12.49
#FFFFFF	12.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003877

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003074

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00404C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162e75;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 46, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.1% 0.126 265.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#64669d',
    500: '#162e75',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162e75;
$custom-light: #64669d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162e75",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.842,
    "s": 68.345,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33127,
    "c": 0.12562,
    "h": 265.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162E75

secondary

#AB8F3C

accent

#BF3DEB

background

#F6F6F9

surface

#EBEBF2

border

#C6C6CC

text

#06050E

muted

#7A7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #162E75

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

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