#162EA1#162EA1

#162EA1 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.185 H 266.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162EA1
RGB	rgb(22, 46, 161)
HSL	hsl(230, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(230, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 71.4%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.85, 36.31, -63.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.85, 73.41, 299.64°)
OKLab	oklab(37.54% -0.011 -0.185)
OKLCH	oklch(37.54% 0.185 266.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.7386, 4.6968, 34.2100)
Luminance	0.0470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162EA1 #A18916

analogous

#1673A1 #162EA1 #4316A1

triadic

#162EA1 #A1162E #2EA116

tetradic

#162EA1 #A11673 #A18916 #16A143

square

#162EA1 #A11673 #A18916 #16A143

split-complementary

#162EA1 #A14316 #73A116

monochromatic

#070F35 #0F1F6B #162EA1 #1D3DD7 #4B66E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.83

#162EA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#162EA1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162EA1

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162EA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162EA1	1.00	10.83	1.94	10.83
#FFFFFF	10.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00369F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004F64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162ea1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 46, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.185 266.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7167be',
    500: '#162ea1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162ea1;
$custom-light: #7167be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162ea1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.64,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37538,
    "c": 0.18532,
    "h": 266.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162EA1

secondary

#C8B24B

accent

#D235F3

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF7

border

#C9C6D0

text

#090612

muted

#7B7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #162EA1

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

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