#164C99#164C99

#164C99 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.138 H 258.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164C99
RGB	rgb(22, 76, 153)
HSL	hsl(215, 75%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(215, 86%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.6%, 50.3%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.22, 12.87, -46.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.22, 48.66, 285.34°)
OKLab	oklab(42.83% -0.0279 -0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(42.83% 0.138 258.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.6630, 7.6383, 31.1486)
Luminance	0.0764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164C99 #996316

analogous

#168E99 #164C99 #211699

triadic

#164C99 #99164C #4C9916

tetradic

#164C99 #99168E #996316 #169921

square

#164C99 #99168E #996316 #169921

split-complementary

#164C99 #992116 #8E9916

monochromatic

#07172E #0E3163 #164C99 #1E67CF #4587E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.31

#164C99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#164C99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164C99

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164C99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164C99	1.00	8.31	2.53	8.31
#FFFFFF	8.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D549C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004997

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164c99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 76, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.138 258.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c7db8',
    500: '#164c99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164c99;
$custom-light: #6c7db8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164c99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.267,
    "s": 74.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4283,
    "c": 0.13794,
    "h": 258.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164C99

secondary

#C59146

accent

#A436F1

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF6

border

#C8C9D0

text

#080911

muted

#7B7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #164C99

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

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