#162E8E#162E8E

#162E8E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.161 H 266.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162E8E
RGB	rgb(22, 46, 142)
HSL	hsl(228, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(228, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 67.6%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.92, 29.07, -55.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.92, 62.49, 297.72°)
OKLab	oklab(35.55% -0.0098 -0.1603)
OKLCH	oklch(35.55% 0.161 266.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.1886, 4.0768, 26.0467)
Luminance	0.0408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162E8E #8E7616

analogous

#166A8E #162E8E #3A168E

triadic

#162E8E #8E162E #2E8E16

tetradic

#162E8E #8E166A #8E7616 #168E3A

square

#162E8E #8E166A #8E7616 #168E3A

split-complementary

#162E8E #8E3A16 #6A8E16

monochromatic

#060C24 #0E1D59 #162E8E #1E3FC3 #3D5EE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.57

#162E8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#162E8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162E8E

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162E8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162E8E	1.00	11.57	1.82	11.57
#FFFFFF	11.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00338C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00485A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162e8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 46, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.161 266.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b66b0',
    500: '#162e8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162e8e;
$custom-light: #6b66b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162e8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35553,
    "c": 0.16056,
    "h": 266.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162E8E

secondary

#C1A73F

accent

#CB38F0

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EDEBF6

border

#C8C6D0

text

#080611

muted

#7B7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #162E8E

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

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