#162E8A#162E8A

#162E8A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.155 H 266.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162E8A
RGB	rgb(22, 46, 138)
HSL	hsl(228, 73%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(228, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.1%, 66.7%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.53, 27.49, -53.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.53, 60.13, 297.21°)
OKLab	oklab(35.15% -0.0096 -0.1549)
OKLCH	oklch(35.15% 0.155 266.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.8937, 3.9588, 24.4933)
Luminance	0.0396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162E8A #8A7216

analogous

#16688A #162E8A #38168A

triadic

#162E8A #8A162E #2E8A16

tetradic

#162E8A #8A1668 #8A7216 #168A38

square

#162E8A #8A1668 #8A7216 #168A38

split-complementary

#162E8A #8A3816 #688A16

monochromatic

#050B20 #0E1C55 #162E8A #1E40BF #3B5DE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.72

#162E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#162E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162E8A

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162E8A	1.00	11.72	1.79	11.72
#FFFFFF	11.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003388

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004757

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 46, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.155 266.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a66ad',
    500: '#162e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162e8a;
$custom-light: #6a66ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.586,
    "s": 72.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35149,
    "c": 0.15516,
    "h": 266.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162E8A

secondary

#BEA33E

accent

#C939EF

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#ECEBF4

border

#C7C6CE

text

#080610

muted

#7A7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #162E8A

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

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