#164AA5#164AA5

#164AA5 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.157 H 260.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164AA5
RGB	rgb(22, 74, 165)
HSL	hsl(218, 76%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(218, 87%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.7%, 55.2%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.53, 19.12, -53.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.53, 56.96, 289.61°)
OKLab	oklab(43.35% -0.0249 -0.1549)
OKLCH	oklch(43.35% 0.157 260.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.5687, 7.7835, 36.5881)
Luminance	0.0779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164AA5 #A57116

analogous

#1692A5 #164AA5 #2A16A5

triadic

#164AA5 #A5164A #4AA516

tetradic

#164AA5 #A51692 #A57116 #16A52A

square

#164AA5 #A51692 #A57116 #16A52A

split-complementary

#164AA5 #A52A16 #92A516

monochromatic

#081A39 #0F326F #164AA5 #1D62DB #4E86E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.21

#164AA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#164AA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164AA5

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164AA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164AA5	1.00	8.21	2.56	8.21
#FFFFFF	8.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0056A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006170

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164aa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 74, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.157 260.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f7bc0',
    500: '#164aa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164aa5;
$custom-light: #6f7bc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164aa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.182,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43348,
    "c": 0.15694,
    "h": 260.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164AA5

secondary

#C99C4E

accent

#AE35F3

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEDF7

border

#C8C8D0

text

#090912

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #164AA5

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

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