#162E7B#162E7B

#162E7B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 33.7% C 0.134 H 266.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162E7B
RGB	rgb(22, 46, 123)
HSL	hsl(226, 70%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(226, 82%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.1%, 62.6%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.14, 21.47, -46.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.14, 51.06, 294.86°)
OKLab	oklab(33.69% -0.0095 -0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(33.69% 0.134 266)
XYZ	xyz(4.8818, 3.5541, 19.1638)
Luminance	0.0355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162E7B #7B6316

analogous

#16607B #162E7B #31167B

triadic

#162E7B #7B162E #2E7B16

tetradic

#162E7B #7B1660 #7B6316 #167B31

square

#162E7B #7B1660 #7B6316 #167B31

split-complementary

#162E7B #7B3116 #607B16

monochromatic

#050A1A #0D1B47 #162E7B #1F41AF #3159DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.27

#162E7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#162E7B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162E7B

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162E7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162E7B	1.00	12.27	1.71	12.27
#FFFFFF	12.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00307A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00424F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162e7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 46, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.7% 0.134 266.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6666a2',
    500: '#162e7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162e7b;
$custom-light: #6666a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162e7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.743,
    "s": 69.655,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33686,
    "c": 0.13427,
    "h": 266
  },
  "luminance": 0.03555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162E7B

secondary

#B0953D

accent

#C23BEC

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#EBEBF4

border

#C6C6CE

text

#07050F

muted

#7A7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #162E7B

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

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