#162E85#162E85

#162E85 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.148 H 266.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162E85
RGB	rgb(22, 46, 133)
HSL	hsl(227, 72%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(227, 83%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.5%, 65.4%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.06, 25.51, -51.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.06, 57.14, 296.51°)
OKLab	oklab(34.65% -0.0095 -0.148)
OKLCH	oklch(34.65% 0.148 266.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.5400, 3.8174, 22.6306)
Luminance	0.0382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162E85 #856D16

analogous

#166585 #162E85 #351685

triadic

#162E85 #85162E #2E8516

tetradic

#162E85 #851665 #856D16 #168535

square

#162E85 #851665 #856D16 #168535

split-complementary

#162E85 #853516 #658516

monochromatic

#050A1C #0D1C50 #162E85 #1F40BA #375BDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.91

#162E85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#162E85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162E85

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162E85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162E85	1.00	11.91	1.76	11.91
#FFFFFF	11.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003283

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004555

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162e85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 46, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.148 266.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6966a9',
    500: '#162e85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162e85;
$custom-light: #6966a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162e85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.027,
    "s": 71.613,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34652,
    "c": 0.14831,
    "h": 266.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162E85

secondary

#B99F3E

accent

#C739EE

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#ECEBF4

border

#C7C6CE

text

#070610

muted

#7A7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #162E85

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

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