#167ade

Color #167ade

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Dodger Blue #1e90ff · ΔE 9.7 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#167ade

RGB

rgb(22, 122, 222)

HSL

hsl(210, 82%, 47.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(210, 90.1%, 87.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(90.1%, 45%, 0%, 12.9%)

LAB

lab(51.11, 10.45, -58.34)

LCH

lch(51.11, 59.27, 280.16)

OKLCH

oklch(58.1%, 0.1745, 253.9)

HWB

hwb(210, 8.6%, 12.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#de7a16

Analogous

#16dede

#167ade

#1616de

Triadic

#167ade

#de167a

#7ade16

Split-complementary

#167ade

#de1616

#dede16

Tetradic

#167ade

#7a16de

#de7a16

#7ade16

Square

#167ade

#de16de

#de7a16

#16de16

Shades

Color #167ade mixed toward black.

#1266b9

#0f5194

#0b3d6f

#07294a

#041425

Tints

Color #167ade mixed toward white.

#3590eb

#5da6ef

#86bcf3

#aed3f7

#d7e9fb

Tones

Color #167ade mixed toward gray.

#277acd

#377abd

#487aac

#597a9b

#697a8b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.31:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.87:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.87:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5455cc · ΔE 16.3

Deuteranopia

#4f48c7 · ΔE 19.7

Tritanopia

#24bbb7 · ΔE 34.5

Achromatopsia

#7a7a7a · ΔE 25.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #167ade;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#167ade]

Related colors

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Steel Blue #4682b4

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Frequently asked questions

#167ade (#167ade) is rgb(22, 122, 222) in RGB.

No, #167ade 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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