#162F85#162F85

#162F85 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.147 H 266.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162F85
RGB	rgb(22, 47, 133)
HSL	hsl(226, 72%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(226, 83%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.5%, 64.7%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.33, 24.81, -50.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.33, 56.44, 296.08°)
OKLab	oklab(34.85% -0.0101 -0.1467)
OKLCH	oklch(34.85% 0.147 266.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.5795, 3.8964, 22.6438)
Luminance	0.0390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162F85 #856C16

analogous

#166785 #162F85 #341685

triadic

#162F85 #85162F #2F8516

tetradic

#162F85 #851667 #856C16 #168534

square

#162F85 #851667 #856C16 #168534

split-complementary

#162F85 #853416 #678516

monochromatic

#050A1C #0D1C50 #162F85 #1F42BA #375DDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.80

#162F85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#162F85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162F85

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162F85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162F85	1.00	11.80	1.78	11.80
#FFFFFF	11.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003283

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004655

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162f85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 47, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.147 266.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6967a9',
    500: '#162f85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162f85;
$custom-light: #6967a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162f85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.486,
    "s": 71.613,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3485,
    "c": 0.14705,
    "h": 266.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162F85

secondary

#B99D3E

accent

#C639EE

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#ECEBF4

border

#C7C6CE

text

#070610

muted

#7A7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #162F85

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

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