#164F9F#164F9F

#164F9F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.142 H 258.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164F9F
RGB	rgb(22, 79, 159)
HSL	hsl(215, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(215, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.2%, 50.3%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.53, 13.29, -48.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.53, 50.22, 285.34°)
OKLab	oklab(43.97% -0.0291 -0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(43.97% 0.142 258.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.3826, 8.2646, 33.8949)
Luminance	0.0827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164F9F #9F6616

analogous

#16949F #164F9F #21169F

triadic

#164F9F #9F164F #4F9F16

tetradic

#164F9F #9F1694 #9F6616 #169F21

square

#164F9F #9F1694 #9F6616 #169F21

split-complementary

#164F9F #9F2116 #949F16

monochromatic

#071A33 #0F3469 #164F9F #1D6AD5 #4A8BE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.91

#164F9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.65

#164F9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164F9F

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164F9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164F9F	1.00	7.91	2.65	7.91
#FFFFFF	7.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D58A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004B9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00626F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164f9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 79, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.142 258.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d7fbc',
    500: '#164f9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164f9f;
$custom-light: #6d7fbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164f9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.036,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43971,
    "c": 0.14248,
    "h": 258.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164F9F

secondary

#C7934A

accent

#A436F2

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF6

border

#C8C9D0

text

#080A12

muted

#7B7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #164F9F

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

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