#162E81#162E81

#162E81 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.3% C 0.143 H 266.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162E81
RGB	rgb(22, 46, 129)
HSL	hsl(227, 71%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(227, 83%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.9%, 64.3%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.68, 23.90, -49.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.68, 54.72, 295.90°)
OKLab	oklab(34.26% -0.0094 -0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(34.26% 0.143 266.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.2689, 3.7089, 21.2028)
Luminance	0.0371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162E81 #816916

analogous

#166481 #162E81 #341681

triadic

#162E81 #81162E #2E8116

tetradic

#162E81 #811664 #816916 #168134

square

#162E81 #811664 #816916 #168134

split-complementary

#162E81 #813416 #648116

monochromatic

#04091A #0D1B4D #162E81 #1F41B5 #355ADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.06

#162E81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#162E81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162E81

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162E81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162E81	1.00	12.06	1.74	12.06
#FFFFFF	12.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00317F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004453

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162e81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 46, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.3% 0.143 266.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6766a6',
    500: '#162e81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162e81;
$custom-light: #6766a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162e81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.542,
    "s": 70.861,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34261,
    "c": 0.14275,
    "h": 266.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162E81

secondary

#B69B3D

accent

#C53AEE

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#ECEBF4

border

#C7C6CE

text

#07060F

muted

#7A7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #162E81

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

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