Exploring the Color #162CB6

#162CB6 sits at 232° on the color wheel, placing it in the blue family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 78% saturation and 40% lightness, it reads as a richly saturated, shadowed tone — a balanced mid-energy presence that sits comfortably alongside other UI tones. Its RGB mix of 22, 44, 182 produces a 10.15:1 contrast ratio against white, which clears WCAG AAA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #162CB6 is a distant relative of CSS navy — about 73 units away from #000080. Designers reach for blue hues at this saturation when the brief calls for bold, immediate signal, and at this lightness when they want a present, comfortable mid-canvas voice. On screen the cool cast tends to pair best with warm neutrals in the 25°-45° range to add life.

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