#164EA5#164EA5

#164EA5 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.152 H 259.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164EA5
RGB	rgb(22, 78, 165)
HSL	hsl(217, 76%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(217, 87%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.7%, 52.7%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.67, 16.40, -51.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.67, 54.33, 287.57°)
OKLab	oklab(44.22% -0.0276 -0.1494)
OKLCH	oklch(44.22% 0.152 259.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.8443, 8.3347, 36.6799)
Luminance	0.0834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164EA5 #A56D16

analogous

#1696A5 #164EA5 #2516A5

triadic

#164EA5 #A5164E #4EA516

tetradic

#164EA5 #A51696 #A56D16 #16A525

square

#164EA5 #A51696 #A56D16 #16A525

split-complementary

#164EA5 #A52516 #96A516

monochromatic

#081B39 #0F346F #164EA5 #1D68DB #4E8AE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.87

#164EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.67

#164EA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164EA5

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164EA5	1.00	7.87	2.67	7.87
#FFFFFF	7.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0E58A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006372

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 78, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.152 259.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f7ec0',
    500: '#164ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164ea5;
$custom-light: #6f7ec0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.503,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44218,
    "c": 0.15192,
    "h": 259.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164EA5

secondary

#C9994E

accent

#A935F3

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF7

border

#C8C9D0

text

#090912

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #164EA5

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

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