#164CC9#164CC9

#164CC9 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 46.9% C 0.202 H 263.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164CC9
RGB	rgb(22, 76, 201)
HSL	hsl(222, 80%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(222, 89%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(89.1%, 62.2%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.03, 32.00, -69.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.03, 76.21, 294.83°)
OKLab	oklab(46.9% -0.024 -0.2004)
OKLCH	oklch(46.9% 0.202 263.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.4542, 9.5548, 56.3821)
Luminance	0.0956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164CC9 #C99316

analogous

#16A5C9 #164CC9 #3916C9

triadic

#164CC9 #C9164C #4CC916

tetradic

#164CC9 #C916A5 #C99316 #16C939

square

#164CC9 #C916A5 #C99316 #16C939

split-complementary

#164CC9 #C93916 #A5C916

monochromatic

#0A225B #103792 #164CC9 #336AE9 #6B92EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.21

#164CC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#164CC9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164CC9

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164CC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164CC9	1.00	7.21	2.91	7.21
#FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005FCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004FC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006D83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164cc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 76, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.9% 0.202 263.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#797dda',
    500: '#164cc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164cc9;
$custom-light: #797dda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164cc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.899,
    "s": 80.269,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46901,
    "c": 0.20185,
    "h": 263.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164CC9

secondary

#D4B367

accent

#BB31F7

background

#F8F7FD

surface

#EFEEFB

border

#CAC9D4

text

#0B0915

muted

#7C7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #164CC9

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

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