#164B9F#164B9F

#164B9F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.147 H 259.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164B9F
RGB	rgb(22, 75, 159)
HSL	hsl(217, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(217, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.2%, 52.8%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.36, 16.00, -50.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.36, 52.80, 287.64°)
OKLab	oklab(43.08% -0.0263 -0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(43.08% 0.147 259.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.1027, 7.7048, 33.8016)
Luminance	0.0771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164B9F #9F6A16

analogous

#16909F #164B9F #25169F

triadic

#164B9F #9F164B #4B9F16

tetradic

#164B9F #9F1690 #9F6A16 #169F25

square

#164B9F #9F1690 #9F6A16 #169F25

split-complementary

#164B9F #9F2516 #909F16

monochromatic

#071833 #0F3269 #164B9F #1D64D5 #4A86E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.26

#164B9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#164B9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164B9F

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164B9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164B9F	1.00	8.26	2.54	8.26
#FFFFFF	8.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0E55A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00499D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00606D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164b9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 75, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.147 259.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e7cbc',
    500: '#164b9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164b9f;
$custom-light: #6e7cbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164b9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.788,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43077,
    "c": 0.14747,
    "h": 259.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164B9F

secondary

#C7974A

accent

#A936F2

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF6

border

#C8C9D0

text

#080912

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #164B9F

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

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