#164CA1#164CA1

#164CA1 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.149 H 259.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164CA1
RGB	rgb(22, 76, 161)
HSL	hsl(217, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(217, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 52.8%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.80, 16.13, -50.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.80, 53.31, 287.62°)
OKLab	oklab(43.46% -0.0267 -0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(43.46% 0.149 259.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.3460, 7.9115, 34.7458)
Luminance	0.0791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164CA1 #A16B16

analogous

#1691A1 #164CA1 #2616A1

triadic

#164CA1 #A1164C #4CA116

tetradic

#164CA1 #A11691 #A16B16 #16A126

square

#164CA1 #A11691 #A16B16 #16A126

split-complementary

#164CA1 #A12616 #91A116

monochromatic

#071935 #0F336B #164CA1 #1D65D7 #4B87E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.13

#164CA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#164CA1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164CA1

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164CA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164CA1	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)

#0E56A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004A9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00616F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164ca1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 76, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.149 259.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e7dbd',
    500: '#164ca1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164ca1;
$custom-light: #6e7dbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164ca1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.691,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43458,
    "c": 0.14897,
    "h": 259.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164CA1

secondary

#C8974B

accent

#A935F3

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF7

border

#C8C9D0

text

#090912

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #164CA1

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →