#162E9E#162E9E

#162E9E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.181 H 266.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162E9E
RGB	rgb(22, 46, 158)
HSL	hsl(229, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(229, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.1%, 70.9%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.54, 35.19, -62.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.54, 71.72, 299.38°)
OKLab	oklab(37.22% -0.0108 -0.1812)
OKLCH	oklch(37.22% 0.182 266.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.4773, 4.5923, 32.8334)
Luminance	0.0459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162E9E #9E8616

analogous

#16729E #162E9E #42169E

triadic

#162E9E #9E162E #2E9E16

tetradic

#162E9E #9E1672 #9E8616 #169E42

square

#162E9E #9E1672 #9E8616 #169E42

split-complementary

#162E9E #9E4216 #729E16

monochromatic

#070F33 #0F1E68 #162E9E #1D3ED4 #4964E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.95

#162E9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#162E9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162E9E

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162E9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162E9E	1.00	10.95	1.92	10.95
#FFFFFF	10.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00369C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004E62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162e9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 46, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.181 266.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7067bc',
    500: '#162e9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162e9e;
$custom-light: #7067bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162e9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.412,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37218,
    "c": 0.1815,
    "h": 266.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162E9E

secondary

#C7B149

accent

#D136F2

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EDEBF7

border

#C8C6D0

text

#090612

muted

#7B7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #162E9E

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

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