#164A8C#164A8C

#164A8C is a dark, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.122 H 256.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164A8C
RGB	rgb(22, 74, 140)
HSL	hsl(214, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(214, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.3%, 47.1%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.72, 8.89, -41.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.72, 42.36, 282.12°)
OKLab	oklab(41.39% -0.0286 -0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(41.39% 0.122 256.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.5115, 6.9607, 25.7535)
Luminance	0.0696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164A8C #8C5816

analogous

#16858C #164A8C #1D168C

triadic

#164A8C #8C164A #4A8C16

tetradic

#164A8C #8C1685 #8C5816 #168C1D

square

#164A8C #8C1685 #8C5816 #168C1D

split-complementary

#164A8C #8C1D16 #858C16

monochromatic

#051222 #0E2E57 #164A8C #1E66C1 #3C84E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.78

#164A8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#164A8C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164A8C

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164A8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164A8C	1.00	8.78	2.39	8.78
#FFFFFF	8.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#26508E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#07468B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164a8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 74, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.122 256.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#697bae',
    500: '#164a8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164a8c;
$custom-light: #697bae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164a8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.559,
    "s": 72.84,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41386,
    "c": 0.12232,
    "h": 256.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164A8C

secondary

#C0873E

accent

#9F38F0

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEDF4

border

#C7C8CE

text

#070910

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #164A8C

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

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