#162F8E#162F8E

#162F8E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.159 H 266.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162F8E
RGB	rgb(22, 47, 142)
HSL	hsl(228, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(228, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 66.9%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.18, 28.39, -54.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.18, 61.80, 297.34°)
OKLab	oklab(35.74% -0.0103 -0.159)
OKLCH	oklch(35.74% 0.159 266.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.2282, 4.1558, 26.0598)
Luminance	0.0416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162F8E #8E7516

analogous

#166B8E #162F8E #39168E

triadic

#162F8E #8E162F #2F8E16

tetradic

#162F8E #8E166B #8E7516 #168E39

square

#162F8E #8E166B #8E7516 #168E39

split-complementary

#162F8E #8E3916 #6B8E16

monochromatic

#060C24 #0E1D59 #162F8E #1E41C3 #3D5FE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.47

#162F8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#162F8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162F8E

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162F8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162F8E	1.00	11.47	1.83	11.47
#FFFFFF	11.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00348C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00495A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162f8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 47, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.159 266.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b67b0',
    500: '#162f8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162f8e;
$custom-light: #6b67b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162f8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35741,
    "c": 0.15935,
    "h": 266.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162F8E

secondary

#C1A63F

accent

#CA38F0

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF5

border

#C8C6CF

text

#080611

muted

#7B7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #162F8E

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

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