#162F89#162F89

#162F89 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.153 H 266.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162F89
RGB	rgb(22, 47, 137)
HSL	hsl(227, 72%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(227, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.9%, 65.7%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.70, 26.41, -52.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.70, 58.84, 296.67°)
OKLab	oklab(35.24% -0.0101 -0.1522)
OKLCH	oklch(35.24% 0.153 266.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.8612, 4.0090, 24.1270)
Luminance	0.0401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162F89 #897016

analogous

#166889 #162F89 #371689

triadic

#162F89 #89162F #2F8916

tetradic

#162F89 #891668 #897016 #168937

square

#162F89 #891668 #897016 #168937

split-complementary

#162F89 #893716 #688916

monochromatic

#050B20 #0E1D54 #162F89 #1E41BE #3A5EDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.65

#162F89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#162F89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162F89

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162F89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162F89	1.00	11.65	1.80	11.65
#FFFFFF	11.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003387

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004757

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162f89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 47, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.153 266.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a67ac',
    500: '#162f89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162f89;
$custom-light: #6a67ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162f89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.957,
    "s": 72.327,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35242,
    "c": 0.15257,
    "h": 266.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162F89

secondary

#BDA13E

accent

#C739EF

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#ECEBF4

border

#C7C6CE

text

#080610

muted

#7A7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #162F89

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

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