#164B99#164B99

#164B99 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.139 H 258.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164B99
RGB	rgb(22, 75, 153)
HSL	hsl(216, 75%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(216, 86%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.6%, 51%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.92, 13.55, -47.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.92, 49.30, 285.95°)
OKLab	oklab(42.6% -0.0271 -0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(42.6% 0.139 258.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.5946, 7.5016, 31.1258)
Luminance	0.0750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164B99 #996416

analogous

#168D99 #164B99 #221699

triadic

#164B99 #99164B #4B9916

tetradic

#164B99 #99168D #996416 #169922

square

#164B99 #99168D #996416 #169922

split-complementary

#164B99 #992216 #8D9916

monochromatic

#07172E #0E3163 #164B99 #1E65CF #4586E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.40

#164B99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#164B99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164B99

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164B99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164B99	1.00	8.40	2.50	8.40
#FFFFFF	8.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#19549C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004897

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164b99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 75, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.139 258.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c7cb8',
    500: '#164b99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164b99;
$custom-light: #6c7cb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164b99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.725,
    "s": 74.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42603,
    "c": 0.1392,
    "h": 258.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164B99

secondary

#C59246

accent

#A636F1

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF6

border

#C8C9D0

text

#080911

muted

#7B7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #164B99

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

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