#164E9E#164E9E

#164E9E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.142 H 258.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164E9E
RGB	rgb(22, 78, 158)
HSL	hsl(215, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(215, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.1%, 50.6%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.16, 13.56, -48.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.16, 50.28, 285.64°)
OKLab	oklab(43.67% -0.0286 -0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(43.67% 0.142 258.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.2245, 8.0868, 33.4158)
Luminance	0.0809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164E9E #9E6616

analogous

#16929E #164E9E #22169E

triadic

#164E9E #9E164E #4E9E16

tetradic

#164E9E #9E1692 #9E6616 #169E22

square

#164E9E #9E1692 #9E6616 #169E22

split-complementary

#164E9E #9E2216 #929E16

monochromatic

#071933 #0F3368 #164E9E #1D69D4 #4989E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.02

#164E9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.62

#164E9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164E9E

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164E9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164E9E	1.00	8.02	2.62	8.02
#FFFFFF	8.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C57A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004B9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00616E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164e9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 78, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.142 258.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d7ebb',
    500: '#164e9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164e9e;
$custom-light: #6d7ebb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164e9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.294,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43669,
    "c": 0.14234,
    "h": 258.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164E9E

secondary

#C79349

accent

#A536F2

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF6

border

#C8C9D0

text

#080912

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #164E9E

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

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