#164A99#164A99

#164A99 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.140 H 259.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164A99
RGB	rgb(22, 74, 153)
HSL	hsl(216, 75%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(216, 86%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.6%, 51.6%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.63, 14.23, -47.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.63, 49.95, 286.55°)
OKLab	oklab(42.38% -0.0264 -0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(42.38% 0.14 259.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.5273, 7.3670, 31.1033)
Luminance	0.0737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164A99 #996516

analogous

#168C99 #164A99 #231699

triadic

#164A99 #99164A #4A9916

tetradic

#164A99 #99168C #996516 #169923

square

#164A99 #99168C #996516 #169923

split-complementary

#164A99 #992316 #8C9916

monochromatic

#07162E #0E3063 #164A99 #1E64CF #4584E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.49

#164A99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#164A99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164A99

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164A99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164A99	1.00	8.49	2.47	8.49
#FFFFFF	8.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#16539C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004797

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005D6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164a99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 74, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.140 259.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c7bb8',
    500: '#164a99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164a99;
$custom-light: #6c7bb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164a99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.183,
    "s": 74.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42378,
    "c": 0.14045,
    "h": 259.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164A99

secondary

#C59346

accent

#A736F1

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEDF6

border

#C8C8D0

text

#080911

muted

#7B7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #164A99

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

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