#162F5B#162F5B

#162F5B is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 31.2% C 0.085 H 260.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162F5B
RGB	rgb(22, 47, 91)
HSL	hsl(218, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(218, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.8%, 48.4%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.88, 7.39, -29.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.88, 30.18, 284.18°)
OKLab	oklab(31.16% -0.0136 -0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(31.16% 0.085 260.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.2350, 2.9586, 10.2961)
Luminance	0.0296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162F5B #5B4216

analogous

#16525B #162F5B #20165B

triadic

#162F5B #5B162F #2F5B16

tetradic

#162F5B #5B1652 #5B4216 #165B20

square

#162F5B #5B1652 #5B4216 #165B20

split-complementary

#162F5B #5B2016 #525B16

monochromatic

#060D19 #0A162A #162F5B #22488C #2E62BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.19

#162F5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.59

#162F5B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162F5B

13.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162F5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162F5B	1.00	13.19	1.59	13.19
#FFFFFF	13.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#19335D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0C2D5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003940

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162f5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 47, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.2% 0.085 260.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5d678a',
    500: '#162f5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162f5b;
$custom-light: #5d678a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162f5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.261,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31164,
    "c": 0.08483,
    "h": 260.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162F5B

secondary

#92723B

accent

#AA44E4

background

#F5F6F8

surface

#E9EBF0

border

#C5C6CB

text

#05060B

muted

#797A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #162F5B

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

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