#162F72#162F72

#162F72 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.1% C 0.120 H 264.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162F72
RGB	rgb(22, 47, 114)
HSL	hsl(224, 68%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(224, 81%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.7%, 58.8%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.65, 17.04, -41.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.65, 44.76, 292.38°)
OKLab	oklab(33.07% -0.0106 -0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(33.07% 0.12 264.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.3836, 3.4180, 16.3450)
Luminance	0.0342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162F72 #725916

analogous

#165D72 #162F72 #2B1672

triadic

#162F72 #72162F #2F7216

tetradic

#162F72 #72165D #725916 #16722B

square

#162F72 #72165D #725916 #16722B

split-complementary

#162F72 #722B16 #5D7216

monochromatic

#050B1A #0C1A3F #162F72 #2044A5 #2C5AD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.47

#162F72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#162F72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162F72

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162F72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162F72	1.00	12.47	1.68	12.47
#FFFFFF	12.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003874

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003071

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00404B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162f72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 47, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.1% 0.120 264.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#63679b',
    500: '#162f72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162f72;
$custom-light: #63679b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162f72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.696,
    "s": 67.647,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33073,
    "c": 0.11989,
    "h": 264.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162F72

secondary

#A88B3C

accent

#BB3DEB

background

#F6F6F9

surface

#EBEBF2

border

#C6C6CC

text

#06060E

muted

#7A7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #162F72

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

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