#162FB4#162FB4

#162FB4 is a dark, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.208 H 266.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162FB4
RGB	rgb(22, 47, 180)
HSL	hsl(231, 78%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(231, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.8%, 73.9%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.11, 42.59, -71.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.11, 83.23, 300.78°)
OKLab	oklab(39.76% -0.0131 -0.2074)
OKLCH	oklch(39.76% 0.208 266.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.5827, 5.4977, 43.7273)
Luminance	0.0550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162FB4 #B49B16

analogous

#167EB4 #162FB4 #4C16B4

triadic

#162FB4 #B4162F #2FB416

tetradic

#162FB4 #B4167E #B49B16 #16B44C

square

#162FB4 #B4167E #B49B16 #16B44C

split-complementary

#162FB4 #B44C16 #7EB416

monochromatic

#091347 #0F217D #162FB4 #2342E4 #5A71EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.00

#162FB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#162FB4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162FB4

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162FB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162FB4	1.00	10.00	2.10	10.00
#FFFFFF	10.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003AB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00566F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162fb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 47, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.208 266.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7668cc',
    500: '#162fb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162fb4;
$custom-light: #7668cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162fb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.506,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39764,
    "c": 0.20778,
    "h": 266.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162FB4

secondary

#CEBB58

accent

#D633F5

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFEBF9

border

#CAC6D2

text

#0B0614

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #162FB4

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

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