#164491

Color #164491

A vivid, highly saturated dark blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 11.97 Nearest Tailwind class blue-900 #1c398e · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#164491

RGB

rgb(22, 68, 145)

HSL

hsl(217.6, 73.7%, 32.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.6, 84.8%, 56.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(84.8%, 53.1%, 0%, 43.1%)

LAB

lab(30.27, 15.07, -46.81)

LCH

lch(30.27, 49.18, 287.85)

OKLCH

oklch(40.4%, 0.1369, 260.28)

HWB

hwb(217.6, 8.6%, 43.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#916316

Analogous

#168191

#164491

#251691

Triadic

#164491

#911644

#449116

Split-complementary

#164491

#912516

#819116

Tetradic

#164491

#631691

#916316

#449116

Square

#164491

#911681

#916316

#169125

Shades

Color #164491 mixed toward black.

#123979

#0f2d61

#0b2248

#071730

#040b18

Tints

Color #164491 mixed toward white.

#1d5bc3

#3877e1

#6a99e8

#9cbbf0

#cdddf7

Tones

Color #164491 mixed toward gray.

#204687

#2a497c

#354c72

#3f4e68

#49515e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.27:1

White text reads better on this background (9.25:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#303083 · ΔE 8.6

Deuteranopia

#2d2a80 · ΔE 10.1

Tritanopia

#1a7774 · ΔE 31.4

Achromatopsia

#474747 · ΔE 23.5

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #164491;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#164491]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#164491 (#164491) is rgb(22, 68, 145) in RGB.

No, #164491 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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