#164FC9#164FC9

#164FC9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.198 H 262.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164FC9
RGB	rgb(22, 79, 201)
HSL	hsl(221, 80%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(221, 89%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(89.1%, 60.7%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.80, 30.03, -67.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.80, 74.25, 293.86°)
OKLab	oklab(47.48% -0.0254 -0.1967)
OKLCH	oklch(47.48% 0.198 262.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.6657, 9.9778, 56.4527)
Luminance	0.0998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164FC9 #C99016

analogous

#16A8C9 #164FC9 #3616C9

triadic

#164FC9 #C9164F #4FC916

tetradic

#164FC9 #C916A8 #C99016 #16C936

square

#164FC9 #C916A8 #C99016 #16C936

split-complementary

#164FC9 #C93616 #A8C916

monochromatic

#0A245B #103992 #164FC9 #336DE9 #6B95EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.01

#164FC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

3.00

#164FC9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164FC9

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164FC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164FC9	1.00	7.01	3.00	7.01
#FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0051C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006F84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164fc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 79, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.198 262.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#797fda',
    500: '#164fc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164fc9;
$custom-light: #797fda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164fc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.894,
    "s": 80.269,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47476,
    "c": 0.19831,
    "h": 262.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164FC9

secondary

#D4B167

accent

#B831F7

background

#F8F7FD

surface

#EFEEFB

border

#CAC9D4

text

#0B0A15

muted

#7C7C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #164FC9

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

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