#164A8B#164A8B

#164A8B is a dark, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.121 H 256.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164A8B
RGB	rgb(22, 74, 139)
HSL	hsl(213, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(213, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.2%, 46.8%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.65, 8.48, -40.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.65, 41.78, 281.71°)
OKLab	oklab(41.31% -0.0288 -0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(41.31% 0.121 256.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.4381, 6.9313, 25.3669)
Luminance	0.0693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164A8B #8B5716

analogous

#16858B #164A8B #1C168B

triadic

#164A8B #8B164A #4A8B16

tetradic

#164A8B #8B1685 #8B5716 #168B1C

square

#164A8B #8B1685 #8B5716 #168B1C

split-complementary

#164A8B #8B1C16 #858B16

monochromatic

#051221 #0E2E56 #164A8B #1E66C0 #3B85E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.80

#164A8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#164A8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164A8B

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164A8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164A8B	1.00	8.80	2.39	8.80
#FFFFFF	8.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#27508D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0A468A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164a8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 74, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.121 256.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#687bad',
    500: '#164a8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164a8b;
$custom-light: #687bad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164a8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.333,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41312,
    "c": 0.12092,
    "h": 256.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164A8B

secondary

#BF863E

accent

#9E38EF

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEDF4

border

#C7C8CE

text

#070910

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #164A8B

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

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