#162FA0#162FA0

#162FA0 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.183 H 266.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162FA0
RGB	rgb(22, 47, 160)
HSL	hsl(229, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(229, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 70.6%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.98, 35.30, -62.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.98, 72.20, 299.27°)
OKLab	oklab(37.6% -0.0113 -0.1826)
OKLCH	oklch(37.6% 0.183 266.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.6903, 4.7407, 33.7606)
Luminance	0.0474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162FA0 #A08716

analogous

#1674A0 #162FA0 #4216A0

triadic

#162FA0 #A0162F #2FA016

tetradic

#162FA0 #A01674 #A08716 #16A042

square

#162FA0 #A01674 #A08716 #16A042

split-complementary

#162FA0 #A04216 #74A016

monochromatic

#070F34 #0F1F6A #162FA0 #1D3FD6 #4A66E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.78

#162FA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#162FA0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162FA0

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162FA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162FA0	1.00	10.78	1.95	10.78
#FFFFFF	10.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00379E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004F64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162fa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 47, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.183 266.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7068bd',
    500: '#162fa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162fa0;
$custom-light: #7068bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162fa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.13,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37601,
    "c": 0.18295,
    "h": 266.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162FA0

secondary

#C8B14A

accent

#D035F2

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EDEBF7

border

#C8C6D0

text

#090612

muted

#7B7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #162FA0

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

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