#162F9E#162F9E

#162F9E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.180 H 266.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162F9E
RGB	rgb(22, 47, 158)
HSL	hsl(229, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(229, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.1%, 70.3%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.78, 34.55, -62.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.78, 71.07, 299.08°)
OKLab	oklab(37.39% -0.0111 -0.18)
OKLCH	oklch(37.39% 0.18 266.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.5168, 4.6713, 32.8466)
Luminance	0.0467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162F9E #9E8516

analogous

#16739E #162F9E #41169E

triadic

#162F9E #9E162F #2F9E16

tetradic

#162F9E #9E1673 #9E8516 #169E41

square

#162F9E #9E1673 #9E8516 #169E41

split-complementary

#162F9E #9E4116 #739E16

monochromatic

#070F33 #0F1F68 #162F9E #1D3FD4 #4966E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.86

#162F9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#162F9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162F9E

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162F9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162F9E	1.00	10.86	1.93	10.86
#FFFFFF	10.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00379C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004E63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162f9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 47, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.180 266.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7067bc',
    500: '#162f9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162f9e;
$custom-light: #7067bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162f9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.971,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3739,
    "c": 0.18038,
    "h": 266.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162F9E

secondary

#C7B049

accent

#CF36F2

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EDEBF6

border

#C8C6D0

text

#090612

muted

#7B7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #162F9E

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

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