#162E7E#162E7E

#162E7E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.0% C 0.139 H 266.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162E7E
RGB	rgb(22, 46, 126)
HSL	hsl(226, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(226, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.5%, 63.5%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.41, 22.69, -47.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.41, 52.90, 295.40°)
OKLab	oklab(33.97% -0.0094 -0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(33.97% 0.139 266.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.0724, 3.6303, 20.1680)
Luminance	0.0363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162E7E #7E6616

analogous

#16627E #162E7E #32167E

triadic

#162E7E #7E162E #2E7E16

tetradic

#162E7E #7E1662 #7E6616 #167E32

square

#162E7E #7E1662 #7E6616 #167E32

split-complementary

#162E7E #7E3216 #627E16

monochromatic

#050A1A #0D1B4A #162E7E #1F41B2 #335ADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.17

#162E7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#162E7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162E7E

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162E7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162E7E	1.00	12.17	1.73	12.17
#FFFFFF	12.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00317C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004351

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162e7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 46, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.0% 0.139 266.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6766a4',
    500: '#162e7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162e7e;
$custom-light: #6766a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162e7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.154,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33971,
    "c": 0.13853,
    "h": 266.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162E7E

secondary

#B3983D

accent

#C43BED

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#EBEBF4

border

#C6C6CE

text

#07050F

muted

#7A7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #162E7E

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

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