#162E7D#162E7D

#162E7D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 33.9% C 0.137 H 266.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162E7D
RGB	rgb(22, 46, 125)
HSL	hsl(226, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(226, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.4%, 63.2%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.32, 22.28, -47.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.32, 52.29, 295.23°)
OKLab	oklab(33.88% -0.0094 -0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(33.88% 0.137 266.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.0082, 3.6046, 19.8299)
Luminance	0.0360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162E7D #7D6516

analogous

#16627D #162E7D #32167D

triadic

#162E7D #7D162E #2E7D16

tetradic

#162E7D #7D1662 #7D6516 #167D32

square

#162E7D #7D1662 #7D6516 #167D32

split-complementary

#162E7D #7D3216 #627D16

monochromatic

#050A1A #0D1B49 #162E7D #1F41B1 #325ADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.20

#162E7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#162E7D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162E7D

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162E7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162E7D	1.00	12.20	1.72	12.20
#FFFFFF	12.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00317B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004251

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162e7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 46, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.9% 0.137 266.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6666a3',
    500: '#162e7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162e7d;
$custom-light: #6666a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162e7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.019,
    "s": 70.068,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33876,
    "c": 0.13712,
    "h": 266.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162E7D

secondary

#B2973D

accent

#C33BED

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#EBEBF4

border

#C6C6CE

text

#07050F

muted

#7A7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #162E7D

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

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