#164D9E#164D9E

#164D9E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.144 H 258.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164D9E
RGB	rgb(22, 77, 158)
HSL	hsl(216, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(216, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.1%, 51.3%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.87, 14.23, -48.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.87, 50.92, 286.23°)
OKLab	oklab(43.44% -0.0278 -0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(43.44% 0.144 258.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.1540, 7.9458, 33.3923)
Luminance	0.0795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164D9E #9E6716

analogous

#16919E #164D9E #23169E

triadic

#164D9E #9E164D #4D9E16

tetradic

#164D9E #9E1691 #9E6716 #169E23

square

#164D9E #9E1691 #9E6716 #169E23

split-complementary

#164D9E #9E2316 #919E16

monochromatic

#071933 #0F3368 #164D9E #1D67D4 #4988E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.11

#164D9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#164D9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164D9E

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164D9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164D9E	1.00	8.11	2.59	8.11
#FFFFFF	8.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1856A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004A9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00616E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164d9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 77, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.144 258.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d7ebb',
    500: '#164d9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164d9e;
$custom-light: #6d7ebb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164d9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.735,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43444,
    "c": 0.14359,
    "h": 258.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164D9E

secondary

#C79449

accent

#A636F2

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF6

border

#C8C9D0

text

#080912

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #164D9E

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

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