#162E78#162E78

#162E78 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 33.4% C 0.130 H 265.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162E78
RGB	rgb(22, 46, 120)
HSL	hsl(225, 69%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(225, 82%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.7%, 61.7%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.87, 20.24, -44.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.87, 49.21, 294.29°)
OKLab	oklab(33.4% -0.0095 -0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(33.4% 0.13 265.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.6968, 3.4801, 18.1898)
Luminance	0.0348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162E78 #786016

analogous

#165F78 #162E78 #2F1678

triadic

#162E78 #78162E #2E7816

tetradic

#162E78 #78165F #786016 #16782F

square

#162E78 #78165F #786016 #16782F

split-complementary

#162E78 #782F16 #5F7816

monochromatic

#050A1A #0D1A44 #162E78 #1F42AC #2F59D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.38

#162E78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#162E78 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162E78

12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162E78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162E78	1.00	12.38	1.70	12.38
#FFFFFF	12.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00397A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003077

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00414E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162e78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 46, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.4% 0.130 265.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6566a0',
    500: '#162e78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162e78;
$custom-light: #6566a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162e78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.306,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33404,
    "c": 0.12997,
    "h": 265.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162E78

secondary

#AD923C

accent

#C13CEC

background

#F6F6F9

surface

#EBEBF2

border

#C6C6CC

text

#06050F

muted

#7A7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #162E78

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

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