#164C9F#164C9F

#164C9F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.146 H 259.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164C9F
RGB	rgb(22, 76, 159)
HSL	hsl(216, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(216, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.2%, 52.2%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.65, 15.32, -49.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.65, 52.15, 287.08°)
OKLab	oklab(43.3% -0.027 -0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(43.3% 0.146 259.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.1710, 7.8415, 33.8244)
Luminance	0.0784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164C9F #9F6916

analogous

#16919F #164C9F #24169F

triadic

#164C9F #9F164C #4C9F16

tetradic

#164C9F #9F1691 #9F6916 #169F24

square

#164C9F #9F1691 #9F6916 #169F24

split-complementary

#164C9F #9F2416 #919F16

monochromatic

#071933 #0F3269 #164C9F #1D66D5 #4A87E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.18

#164C9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#164C9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164C9F

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164C9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164C9F	1.00	8.18	2.57	8.18
#FFFFFF	8.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1256A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00499D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00606E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164c9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 76, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.146 259.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e7dbc',
    500: '#164c9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164c9f;
$custom-light: #6e7dbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164c9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.35,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43299,
    "c": 0.14622,
    "h": 259.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164C9F

secondary

#C7964A

accent

#A836F2

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF6

border

#C8C9D0

text

#080912

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #164C9F

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

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