#164E9F#164E9F

#164E9F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.144 H 258.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164E9F
RGB	rgb(22, 78, 159)
HSL	hsl(215, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(215, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.2%, 50.9%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.23, 13.96, -48.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.23, 50.86, 285.94°)
OKLab	oklab(43.75% -0.0284 -0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(43.75% 0.144 258.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.3110, 8.1214, 33.8710)
Luminance	0.0812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164E9F #9F6716

analogous

#16939F #164E9F #22169F

triadic

#164E9F #9F164E #4E9F16

tetradic

#164E9F #9F1693 #9F6716 #169F22

square

#164E9F #9F1693 #9F6716 #169F22

split-complementary

#164E9F #9F2216 #939F16

monochromatic

#071933 #0F3469 #164E9F #1D68D5 #4A89E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.00

#164E9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.62

#164E9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164E9F

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164E9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164E9F	1.00	8.00	2.62	8.00
#FFFFFF	8.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A57A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004B9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00626F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164e9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 78, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.144 258.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d7ebc',
    500: '#164e9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164e9f;
$custom-light: #6d7ebc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164e9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.474,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43746,
    "c": 0.14372,
    "h": 258.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164E9F

secondary

#C7944A

accent

#A536F2

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF6

border

#C8C9D0

text

#080912

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #164E9F

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

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