#164A79#164A79

#164A79 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.096 H 249.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164A79
RGB	rgb(22, 74, 121)
HSL	hsl(208, 69%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(208, 82%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.8%, 38.8%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.52, 1.09, -31.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.52, 31.59, 271.99°)
OKLab	oklab(40.06% -0.0331 -0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(40.06% 0.096 249.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.2295, 6.4479, 19.0017)
Luminance	0.0645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164A79 #794516

analogous

#167976 #164A79 #161879

triadic

#164A79 #79164A #4A7916

tetradic

#164A79 #761679 #794516 #187916

square

#164A79 #761679 #794516 #187916

split-complementary

#164A79 #791618 #797616

monochromatic

#05101A #0D2A45 #164A79 #1F6AAD #3089D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.17

#164A79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#164A79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164A79

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164A79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164A79	1.00	9.17	2.29	9.17
#FFFFFF	9.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#344D7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#254478

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00555B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164a79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 74, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.096 249.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#647ca0',
    500: '#164a79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164a79;
$custom-light: #647ca0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164a79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.485,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40062,
    "c": 0.09588,
    "h": 249.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164A79

secondary

#AE733D

accent

#8F3CEC

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#EBEEF2

border

#C6C9CC

text

#06090E

muted

#7A7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #164A79

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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