#164ea6

Color #164ea6

A vivid, highly saturated dark blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 14.31 Nearest Tailwind class blue-800 #193cb8 · ΔE 7.3

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Conversions

HEX

#164ea6

RGB

rgb(22, 78, 166)

HSL

hsl(216.7, 76.6%, 36.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.7, 86.7%, 65.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(86.7%, 53%, 0%, 34.9%)

LAB

lab(34.74, 16.81, -52.28)

LCH

lch(34.74, 54.92, 287.82)

OKLCH

oklch(44.3%, 0.1533, 259.67)

HWB

hwb(216.7, 8.6%, 34.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a66e16

Analogous

#1696a6

#164ea6

#2616a6

Triadic

#164ea6

#a6164e

#4ea616

Split-complementary

#164ea6

#a62616

#96a616

Tetradic

#164ea6

#6e16a6

#a66e16

#4ea616

Square

#164ea6

#a61696

#a66e16

#16a626

Shades

Color #164ea6 mixed toward black.

#12418a

#0f346f

#0b2753

#071a37

#040d1c

Tints

Color #164ea6 mixed toward white.

#1c64d6

#4281e6

#71a1ec

#a0c0f2

#d0e0f9

Tones

Color #164ea6 mixed toward gray.

#22519a

#2e538e

#3a5682

#465976

#525b6a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.85:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.67:1

White text reads better on this background (7.85:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#363797 · ΔE 9.6

Deuteranopia

#332f93 · ΔE 11.6

Tritanopia

#1c8985 · ΔE 34.2

Achromatopsia

#525252 · ΔE 24.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #164ea6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#164ea6]

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

#164ea6 (#164ea6) is rgb(22, 78, 166) in RGB.

No, #164ea6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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