#162E7C#162E7C

#162E7C is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 33.8% C 0.136 H 266.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162E7C
RGB	rgb(22, 46, 124)
HSL	hsl(226, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(226, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.3%, 62.9%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.23, 21.88, -46.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.23, 51.67, 295.05°)
OKLab	oklab(33.78% -0.0095 -0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(33.78% 0.136 266)
XYZ	xyz(4.9447, 3.5792, 19.4951)
Luminance	0.0358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162E7C #7C6416

analogous

#16617C #162E7C #31167C

triadic

#162E7C #7C162E #2E7C16

tetradic

#162E7C #7C1661 #7C6416 #167C31

square

#162E7C #7C1661 #7C6416 #167C31

split-complementary

#162E7C #7C3116 #617C16

monochromatic

#050A1A #0D1B48 #162E7C #1F41B0 #325ADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.24

#162E7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#162E7C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162E7C

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162E7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162E7C	1.00	12.24	1.72	12.24
#FFFFFF	12.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00317B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004250

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162e7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 46, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.8% 0.136 266.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6666a3',
    500: '#162e7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162e7c;
$custom-light: #6666a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162e7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.882,
    "s": 69.863,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33781,
    "c": 0.1357,
    "h": 266
  },
  "luminance": 0.0358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162E7C

secondary

#B1963D

accent

#C33BED

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#EBEBF4

border

#C6C6CE

text

#07050F

muted

#7A7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #162E7C

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

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