#164DC9#164DC9

#164DC9 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 47.1% C 0.201 H 263.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164DC9
RGB	rgb(22, 77, 201)
HSL	hsl(222, 80%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(222, 89%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(89.1%, 61.7%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.29, 31.34, -68.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.29, 75.56, 294.51°)
OKLab	oklab(47.09% -0.0245 -0.1992)
OKLCH	oklch(47.09% 0.201 263)
XYZ	xyz(13.5236, 9.6936, 56.4053)
Luminance	0.0969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164DC9 #C99216

analogous

#16A6C9 #164DC9 #3816C9

triadic

#164DC9 #C9164D #4DC916

tetradic

#164DC9 #C916A6 #C99216 #16C938

square

#164DC9 #C916A6 #C99216 #16C938

split-complementary

#164DC9 #C93816 #A6C916

monochromatic

#0A235B #103892 #164DC9 #336BE9 #6B93EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.15

#164DC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#164DC9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164DC9

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164DC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164DC9	1.00	7.15	2.94	7.15
#FFFFFF	7.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0050C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006E83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164dc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 77, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.1% 0.201 263.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#797eda',
    500: '#164dc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164dc9;
$custom-light: #797eda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164dc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.564,
    "s": 80.269,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47092,
    "c": 0.20068,
    "h": 263
  },
  "luminance": 0.09695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164DC9

secondary

#D4B367

accent

#BA31F7

background

#F8F7FD

surface

#EFEEFB

border

#CAC9D4

text

#0B0915

muted

#7C7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #164DC9

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

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