#162E7F#162E7F

#162E7F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.140 H 266.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162E7F
RGB	rgb(22, 46, 127)
HSL	hsl(226, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(226, 83%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.7%, 63.8%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.50, 23.09, -48.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.50, 53.51, 295.57°)
OKLab	oklab(34.07% -0.0094 -0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(34.07% 0.14 266.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.1373, 3.6563, 20.5095)
Luminance	0.0366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162E7F #7F6716

analogous

#16637F #162E7F #33167F

triadic

#162E7F #7F162E #2E7F16

tetradic

#162E7F #7F1663 #7F6716 #167F33

square

#162E7F #7F1663 #7F6716 #167F33

split-complementary

#162E7F #7F3316 #637F16

monochromatic

#05091A #0D1B4B #162E7F #1F41B3 #345ADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.13

#162E7F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#162E7F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162E7F

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162E7F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162E7F	1.00	12.13	1.73	12.13
#FFFFFF	12.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00317D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004352

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162e7f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 46, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.140 266.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6766a5',
    500: '#162e7f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162e7f;
$custom-light: #6766a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162e7f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.286,
    "s": 70.47,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34067,
    "c": 0.13994,
    "h": 266.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162E7F

secondary

#B4993D

accent

#C43BED

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#EBEBF4

border

#C6C6CE

text

#07050F

muted

#7A7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #162E7F

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

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