#162F8D#162F8D

#162F8D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.158 H 266.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162F8D
RGB	rgb(22, 47, 141)
HSL	hsl(227, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(227, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.4%, 66.7%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.08, 28.00, -54.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.08, 61.21, 297.22°)
OKLab	oklab(35.64% -0.0102 -0.1577)
OKLCH	oklch(35.64% 0.158 266.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.1534, 4.1259, 25.6662)
Luminance	0.0413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162F8D #8D7416

analogous

#166B8D #162F8D #39168D

triadic

#162F8D #8D162F #2F8D16

tetradic

#162F8D #8D166B #8D7416 #168D39

square

#162F8D #8D166B #8D7416 #168D39

split-complementary

#162F8D #8D3916 #6B8D16

monochromatic

#050C23 #0E1D58 #162F8D #1E41C2 #3D5FE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.50

#162F8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#162F8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162F8D

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162F8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162F8D	1.00	11.50	1.83	11.50
#FFFFFF	11.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00348B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004859

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162f8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 47, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.158 266.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b67af',
    500: '#162f8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162f8d;
$custom-light: #6b67af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162f8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.395,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35641,
    "c": 0.158,
    "h": 266.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162F8D

secondary

#C1A53E

accent

#C938F0

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF5

border

#C8C6CF

text

#080610

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #162F8D

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

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