#164BA5#164BA5

#164BA5 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.156 H 260.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164BA5
RGB	rgb(22, 75, 165)
HSL	hsl(218, 76%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(218, 87%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.7%, 54.5%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.81, 18.44, -53.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.81, 56.30, 289.12°)
OKLab	oklab(43.56% -0.0256 -0.1536)
OKLCH	oklch(43.56% 0.156 260.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.6360, 7.9181, 36.6105)
Luminance	0.0792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164BA5 #A57016

analogous

#1693A5 #164BA5 #2816A5

triadic

#164BA5 #A5164B #4BA516

tetradic

#164BA5 #A51693 #A57016 #16A528

square

#164BA5 #A51693 #A57016 #16A528

split-complementary

#164BA5 #A52816 #93A516

monochromatic

#081A39 #0F326F #164BA5 #1D64DB #4E87E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.13

#164BA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#164BA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164BA5

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164BA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164BA5	1.00	8.13	2.58	8.13
#FFFFFF	8.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.13	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: #164ba5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 75, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.156 260.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f7cc0',
    500: '#164ba5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164ba5;
$custom-light: #6f7cc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164ba5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.762,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43564,
    "c": 0.15568,
    "h": 260.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164BA5

secondary

#C99B4E

accent

#AD35F3

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF7

border

#C8C9D0

text

#090912

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #164BA5

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

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