#162E8F#162E8F

#162E8F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.162 H 266.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162E8F
RGB	rgb(22, 46, 143)
HSL	hsl(228, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(228, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.6%, 67.8%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.02, 29.46, -55.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.02, 63.08, 297.84°)
OKLab	oklab(35.66% -0.0098 -0.1616)
OKLCH	oklch(35.66% 0.162 266.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.2641, 4.1070, 26.4439)
Luminance	0.0411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162E8F #8F7716

analogous

#166B8F #162E8F #3A168F

triadic

#162E8F #8F162E #2E8F16

tetradic

#162E8F #8F166B #8F7716 #168F3A

square

#162E8F #8F166B #8F7716 #168F3A

split-complementary

#162E8F #8F3A16 #6B8F16

monochromatic

#060C25 #0E1D5A #162E8F #1E3FC4 #3E5EE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.53

#162E8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#162E8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162E8F

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162E8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162E8F	1.00	11.53	1.82	11.53
#FFFFFF	11.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00338D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00485A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162e8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 46, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.162 266.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b66b1',
    500: '#162e8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162e8f;
$custom-light: #6b66b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162e8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.099,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35655,
    "c": 0.1619,
    "h": 266.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162E8F

secondary

#C1A83F

accent

#CB38F0

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EDEBF6

border

#C8C6D0

text

#080611

muted

#7B7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #162E8F

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

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