#164A9F#164A9F

#164A9F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.149 H 260.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164A9F
RGB	rgb(22, 74, 159)
HSL	hsl(217, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(217, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.2%, 53.5%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.07, 16.68, -50.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.07, 53.46, 288.18°)
OKLab	oklab(42.86% -0.0256 -0.1465)
OKLCH	oklch(42.86% 0.149 260.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.0354, 7.5702, 33.7791)
Luminance	0.0757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164A9F #9F6B16

analogous

#168F9F #164A9F #26169F

triadic

#164A9F #9F164A #4A9F16

tetradic

#164A9F #9F168F #9F6B16 #169F26

square

#164A9F #9F168F #9F6B16 #169F26

split-complementary

#164A9F #9F2616 #8F9F16

monochromatic

#071833 #0F3169 #164A9F #1D63D5 #4A85E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.35

#164A9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#164A9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164A9F

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164A9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164A9F	1.00	8.35	2.51	8.35
#FFFFFF	8.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0754A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00489D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164a9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 74, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.149 260.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e7bbc',
    500: '#164a9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164a9f;
$custom-light: #6e7bbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164a9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.226,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42857,
    "c": 0.14873,
    "h": 260.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164A9F

secondary

#C7984A

accent

#AB36F2

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEDF6

border

#C8C8D0

text

#080912

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #164A9F

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

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