#162EA0#162EA0

#162EA0 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.184 H 266.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162EA0
RGB	rgb(22, 46, 160)
HSL	hsl(230, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(230, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 71.2%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.75, 35.94, -63.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.75, 72.85, 299.56°)
OKLab	oklab(37.43% -0.0109 -0.1837)
OKLCH	oklch(37.43% 0.184 266.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.6508, 4.6617, 33.7474)
Luminance	0.0466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162EA0 #A08816

analogous

#1673A0 #162EA0 #4316A0

triadic

#162EA0 #A0162E #2EA016

tetradic

#162EA0 #A01673 #A08816 #16A043

square

#162EA0 #A01673 #A08816 #16A043

split-complementary

#162EA0 #A04316 #73A016

monochromatic

#070F34 #0F1F6A #162EA0 #1D3DD6 #4A65E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.87

#162EA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#162EA0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162EA0

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162EA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162EA0	1.00	10.87	1.93	10.87
#FFFFFF	10.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00369E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004E63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162ea0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 46, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.184 266.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7067bd',
    500: '#162ea0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162ea0;
$custom-light: #7067bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162ea0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.565,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37431,
    "c": 0.18405,
    "h": 266.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162EA0

secondary

#C8B24A

accent

#D235F2

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EDEBF7

border

#C8C6D0

text

#090612

muted

#7B7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #162EA0

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

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