#164CA0#164CA0

#164CA0 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.148 H 259.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164CA0
RGB	rgb(22, 76, 160)
HSL	hsl(217, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(217, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 52.5%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.72, 15.73, -50.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.72, 52.73, 287.35°)
OKLab	oklab(43.38% -0.0269 -0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(43.38% 0.148 259.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.2582, 7.8764, 34.2832)
Luminance	0.0788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164CA0 #A06A16

analogous

#1691A0 #164CA0 #2516A0

triadic

#164CA0 #A0164C #4CA016

tetradic

#164CA0 #A01691 #A06A16 #16A025

square

#164CA0 #A01691 #A06A16 #16A025

split-complementary

#164CA0 #A02516 #91A016

monochromatic

#071934 #0F326A #164CA0 #1D66D6 #4A87E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.15

#164CA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#164CA0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164CA0

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164CA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164CA0	1.00	8.15	2.58	8.15
#FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1056A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00499E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00616E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164ca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 76, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.148 259.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e7dbd',
    500: '#164ca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164ca0;
$custom-light: #6e7dbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164ca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.522,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43378,
    "c": 0.14759,
    "h": 259.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164CA0

secondary

#C8974A

accent

#A835F2

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF6

border

#C8C9D0

text

#080912

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #164CA0

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

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