#162F55#162F55

#162F55 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 30.7% C 0.075 H 258.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162F55
RGB	rgb(22, 47, 85)
HSL	hsl(216, 59%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(216, 74%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 44.7%, 0%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.47, 4.89, -25.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.47, 26.38, 280.67°)
OKLab	oklab(30.72% -0.0149 -0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(30.72% 0.075 258.6)
XYZ	xyz(2.9865, 2.8592, 8.9871)
Luminance	0.0286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162F55 #553C16

analogous

#164E55 #162F55 #1C1655

triadic

#162F55 #55162F #2F5516

tetradic

#162F55 #55164E #553C16 #16551C

square

#162F55 #55164E #553C16 #16551C

split-complementary

#162F55 #551C16 #4E5516

monochromatic

#060D18 #091424 #162F55 #234A86 #2F65B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.36

#162F55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#162F55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162F55

13.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162F55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162F55	1.00	13.36	1.57	13.36
#FFFFFF	13.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D3256

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#132C54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00383D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162f55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 47, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.7% 0.075 258.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c6785',
    500: '#162f55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162f55;
$custom-light: #5c6785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162f55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.19,
    "s": 58.879,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30719,
    "c": 0.07543,
    "h": 258.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162F55

secondary

#8C6C3A

accent

#A446E2

background

#F5F6F8

surface

#E9EBEF

border

#C5C6CA

text

#04060B

muted

#797A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #162F55

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

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