#164A7E#164A7E

#164A7E is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.103 H 252.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164A7E
RGB	rgb(22, 74, 126)
HSL	hsl(210, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(210, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.5%, 41.3%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.82, 3.14, -34.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.82, 34.35, 275.24°)
OKLab	oklab(40.39% -0.0317 -0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(40.39% 0.103 252)
XYZ	xyz(6.5441, 6.5737, 20.6586)
Luminance	0.0657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164A7E #7E4A16

analogous

#167E7E #164A7E #16167E

triadic

#164A7E #7E164A #4A7E16

tetradic

#164A7E #7E167E #7E4A16 #167E16

square

#164A7E #7E167E #7E4A16 #167E16

split-complementary

#164A7E #7E1616 #7E7E16

monochromatic

#050F1A #0D2B4A #164A7E #1F69B2 #3387DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.07

#164A7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#164A7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164A7E

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164A7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164A7E	1.00	9.07	2.31	9.07
#FFFFFF	9.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#314E80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#20447D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00565E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164a7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 74, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.103 252.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#657ca4',
    500: '#164a7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164a7e;
$custom-light: #657ca4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164a7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40395,
    "c": 0.10276,
    "h": 252
  },
  "luminance": 0.06574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164A7E

secondary

#B3783D

accent

#943BED

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#EBEEF4

border

#C6C9CE

text

#07090F

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #164A7E

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

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