#162E76#162E76

#162E76 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.2% C 0.127 H 265.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162E76
RGB	rgb(22, 46, 118)
HSL	hsl(225, 69%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(225, 81%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.4%, 61%, 0%, 53.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.70, 19.42, -43.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.70, 47.97, 293.88°)
OKLab	oklab(33.22% -0.0096 -0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(33.22% 0.127 265.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.5767, 3.4320, 17.5573)
Luminance	0.0343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162E76 #765E16

analogous

#165E76 #162E76 #2E1676

triadic

#162E76 #76162E #2E7616

tetradic

#162E76 #76165E #765E16 #16762E

square

#162E76 #76165E #765E16 #16762E

split-complementary

#162E76 #762E16 #5E7616

monochromatic

#050A1A #0C1A42 #162E76 #2042AA #2E59D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.45

#162E76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#162E76 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162E76

12.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162E76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162E76	1.00	12.45	1.69	12.45
#FFFFFF	12.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003978

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003075

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00404D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162e76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 46, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.2% 0.127 265.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#64669e',
    500: '#162e76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162e76;
$custom-light: #64669e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162e76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 68.571,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33219,
    "c": 0.12707,
    "h": 265.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162E76

secondary

#AC903C

accent

#C03CEB

background

#F6F6F9

surface

#EBEBF2

border

#C6C6CC

text

#06050E

muted

#7A7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #162E76

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

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