#162F8A#162F8A

#162F8A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.154 H 266.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162F8A
RGB	rgb(22, 47, 138)
HSL	hsl(227, 73%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(227, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.1%, 65.9%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.80, 26.81, -53.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.80, 59.43, 296.81°)
OKLab	oklab(35.34% -0.0101 -0.1536)
OKLCH	oklch(35.34% 0.154 266.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.9332, 4.0379, 24.5065)
Luminance	0.0404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162F8A #8A7116

analogous

#16698A #162F8A #37168A

triadic

#162F8A #8A162F #2F8A16

tetradic

#162F8A #8A1669 #8A7116 #168A37

square

#162F8A #8A1669 #8A7116 #168A37

split-complementary

#162F8A #8A3716 #698A16

monochromatic

#050B20 #0E1D55 #162F8A #1E41BF #3B5EE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.62

#162F8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#162F8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162F8A

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162F8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162F8A	1.00	11.62	1.81	11.62
#FFFFFF	11.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003388

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004758

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162f8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 47, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.154 266.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a67ad',
    500: '#162f8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162f8a;
$custom-light: #6a67ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162f8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.069,
    "s": 72.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35341,
    "c": 0.15393,
    "h": 266.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162F8A

secondary

#BEA23E

accent

#C839EF

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#ECEBF4

border

#C7C6CE

text

#080610

muted

#7A7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #162F8A

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

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