#162E77#162E77

#162E77 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 33.3% C 0.129 H 265.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162E77
RGB	rgb(22, 46, 119)
HSL	hsl(225, 69%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(225, 82%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.5%, 61.3%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.78, 19.83, -44.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.78, 48.59, 294.08°)
OKLab	oklab(33.31% -0.0096 -0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(33.31% 0.129 265.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.6365, 3.4559, 17.8719)
Luminance	0.0346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162E77 #775F16

analogous

#165E77 #162E77 #2F1677

triadic

#162E77 #77162E #2E7716

tetradic

#162E77 #77165E #775F16 #16772F

square

#162E77 #77165E #775F16 #16772F

split-complementary

#162E77 #772F16 #5E7716

monochromatic

#050A1A #0C1A43 #162E77 #2042AB #2F59D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.42

#162E77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#162E77 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162E77

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162E77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162E77	1.00	12.42	1.69	12.42
#FFFFFF	12.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003979

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003076

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00404D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162e77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 46, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.3% 0.129 265.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#65669f',
    500: '#162e77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162e77;
$custom-light: #65669f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162e77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.155,
    "s": 68.794,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33311,
    "c": 0.12853,
    "h": 265.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162E77

secondary

#AC913C

accent

#C03CEC

background

#F6F6F9

surface

#EBEBF2

border

#C6C6CC

text

#06050E

muted

#7A7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #162E77

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

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