#162E83#162E83

#162E83 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.146 H 266.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162E83
RGB	rgb(22, 46, 131)
HSL	hsl(227, 71%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(227, 83%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.2%, 64.9%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.87, 24.71, -50.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.87, 55.93, 296.21°)
OKLab	oklab(34.46% -0.0095 -0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(34.46% 0.146 266.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.4032, 3.7626, 21.9098)
Luminance	0.0376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162E83 #836B16

analogous

#166583 #162E83 #341683

triadic

#162E83 #83162E #2E8316

tetradic

#162E83 #831665 #836B16 #168334

square

#162E83 #831665 #836B16 #168334

split-complementary

#162E83 #833416 #658316

monochromatic

#04091A #0D1C4F #162E83 #1F40B7 #365BDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.98

#162E83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#162E83 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162E83

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162E83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162E83	1.00	11.98	1.75	11.98
#FFFFFF	11.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003281

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004454

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162e83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 46, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.146 266.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6866a8',
    500: '#162e83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162e83;
$custom-light: #6866a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162e83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.789,
    "s": 71.242,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34455,
    "c": 0.14554,
    "h": 266.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162E83

secondary

#B79D3D

accent

#C63AEE

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#ECEBF4

border

#C7C6CE

text

#070610

muted

#7A7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #162E83

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

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