#164BA1#164BA1

#164BA1 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.150 H 260.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164BA1
RGB	rgb(22, 75, 161)
HSL	hsl(217, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(217, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 53.4%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.51, 16.81, -51.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.51, 53.97, 288.15°)
OKLab	oklab(43.24% -0.026 -0.1479)
OKLCH	oklch(43.24% 0.15 260)
XYZ	xyz(9.2776, 7.7748, 34.7230)
Luminance	0.0778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164BA1 #A16C16

analogous

#1690A1 #164BA1 #2616A1

triadic

#164BA1 #A1164B #4BA116

tetradic

#164BA1 #A11690 #A16C16 #16A126

square

#164BA1 #A11690 #A16C16 #16A126

split-complementary

#164BA1 #A12616 #90A116

monochromatic

#071935 #0F326B #164BA1 #1D64D7 #4B86E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.22

#164BA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#164BA1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164BA1

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164BA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164BA1	1.00	8.22	2.56	8.22
#FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0755A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00499F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00606E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164ba1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 75, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.150 260.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e7cbd',
    500: '#164ba1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164ba1;
$custom-light: #6e7cbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164ba1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.122,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43238,
    "c": 0.15022,
    "h": 260
  },
  "luminance": 0.07776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164BA1

secondary

#C8984B

accent

#AA35F3

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF7

border

#C8C9D0

text

#090912

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #164BA1

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

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