#164D9F#164D9F

#164D9F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.145 H 259.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164D9F
RGB	rgb(22, 77, 159)
HSL	hsl(216, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(216, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.2%, 51.6%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.94, 14.64, -49.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.94, 51.50, 286.52°)
OKLab	oklab(43.52% -0.0277 -0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(43.52% 0.145 259)
XYZ	xyz(9.2405, 7.9804, 33.8475)
Luminance	0.0798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164D9F #9F6816

analogous

#16929F #164D9F #23169F

triadic

#164D9F #9F164D #4D9F16

tetradic

#164D9F #9F1692 #9F6816 #169F23

square

#164D9F #9F1692 #9F6816 #169F23

split-complementary

#164D9F #9F2316 #929F16

monochromatic

#071933 #0F3369 #164D9F #1D67D5 #4A88E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.09

#164D9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#164D9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164D9F

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164D9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164D9F	1.00	8.09	2.60	8.09
#FFFFFF	8.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1756A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004A9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00616E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164d9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 77, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.145 259.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e7ebc',
    500: '#164d9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164d9f;
$custom-light: #6e7ebc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164d9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.912,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43522,
    "c": 0.14497,
    "h": 259
  },
  "luminance": 0.07982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164D9F

secondary

#C7954A

accent

#A636F2

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF6

border

#C8C9D0

text

#080912

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #164D9F

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

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