Color

#163cd4

#163cd4
hex#163cd4
rgbrgb(22, 60, 212)
hslhsl(228, 81%, 46%)
oklchoklch(0.452 0.233 265.3)
Closest name: Lapis on Neptune (#1f22d2)Relative luminance 0.0816

Colors that go with #163cd4

Charcoal, Sea Green and Amber lead the list. Each partner is a real named colour with the reason it works — a wheel relationship, a neutral that carries it, or a pairing lifted from a palette or brand system that actually shipped — and every pair opens in the palette tool.

Tints & shades

Every swatch is its own page — click any to analyze it.

Harmonies

Complementary

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#d4ae16

#169bd4 · #4f16d4

#d4163c · #3cd416

Split-complementary

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#d44f16 · #9bd416

#d4169b · #d4ae16 · #16d44f

Contrast

#163cd4 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
7.98:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black
2.63:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #4b6bec as the text (4.61:1)
  • AAA: use #7991f1 as the text (7.13:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #c4c4c4 (4.58:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #f0f0f0 (7:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #163cd4 as the background.

Brands using this color

Fonts for this mood

#163cd4 reads as cool, vivid, technical. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #163cd4
live endpoint

Point any MCP client at the shared colors endpoint and your agent gets the same engine as this page — direct_palette, edit_direction, check_palette, check_contrast — read-only, no key. Every direction it proposes comes with a /colors/d/… link: open it, lock what you like, paste the link back, and the agent edits rather than re-rolls.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt

analyze #163cd4 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/163cd4-9c9fc4-df7c4e-231f2d-e9eff1?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md