#164794

Color #164794

A vivid, highly saturated dark blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 12.76 Nearest Tailwind class blue-900 #1c398e · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#164794

RGB

rgb(22, 71, 148)

HSL

hsl(216.7, 74.1%, 33.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.7, 85.1%, 58%)

CMYK

cmyk(85.1%, 52%, 0%, 42%)

LAB

lab(31.38, 14.23, -46.85)

LCH

lch(31.38, 48.96, 286.9)

OKLCH

oklch(41.3%, 0.1373, 259.55)

HWB

hwb(216.7, 8.6%, 42%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#946316

Analogous

#168694

#164794

#241694

Triadic

#164794

#941647

#479416

Split-complementary

#164794

#942416

#869416

Tetradic

#164794

#631694

#946316

#479416

Square

#164794

#941686

#946316

#169424

Shades

Color #164794 mixed toward black.

#123b7b

#0f2f63

#0b234a

#071831

#040c19

Tints

Color #164794 mixed toward white.

#1d5fc5

#3a7be2

#6b9ce9

#9cbdf0

#cedef8

Tones

Color #164794 mixed toward gray.

#204989

#2b4c7f

#354e74

#40506a

#4a535f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.89:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.36:1

White text reads better on this background (8.89:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#323286 · ΔE 9.2

Deuteranopia

#2f2b83 · ΔE 10.9

Tritanopia

#1b7a77 · ΔE 31.4

Achromatopsia

#4a4a4a · ΔE 23.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #164794;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#164794]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#164794 (#164794) is rgb(22, 71, 148) in RGB.

No, #164794 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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