#164A8D#164A8D

#164A8D is a dark, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.124 H 256.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#164A8D
RGBrgb(22, 74, 141)
HSLhsl(214, 73%, 32%)
HSVhsv(214, 84%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(84.4%, 47.5%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LABlab(31.78, 9.30, -41.92)
CIE-LCHlch(31.78, 42.94, 282.51°)
OKLaboklab(41.46% -0.0284 -0.1204)
OKLCHoklch(41.46% 0.124 256.7)
XYZxyz(7.5856, 6.9903, 26.1436)
Luminance0.0699 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#164A8D #8D5916
analogous
#16858D #164A8D #1E168D
triadic
#164A8D #8D164A #4A8D16
tetradic
#164A8D #8D1685 #8D5916 #168D1E
square
#164A8D #8D1685 #8D5916 #168D1E
split-complementary
#164A8D #8D1E16 #858D16
monochromatic
#051223 #0E2E58 #164A8D #1E66C2 #3D84E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.76
#164A8D on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40
#164A8D on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164A8D
8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##164A8D#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##164A8D1.008.762.408.76
#FFFFFF8.761.0021.001.00
#0000002.4021.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.761.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#255090
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#04468C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#005A64
Achromatopsia (no color)
#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #164a8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 74, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.124 256.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#697baf',
    500: '#164a8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #164a8d;
$custom-light: #697baf;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#164a8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.782,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4146,
    "c": 0.12372,
    "h": 256.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#164A8D
secondary
#C1883E
accent
#9F38F0
background
#F6F7FA
surface
#ECEDF4
border
#C7C8CE
text
#070910
muted
#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

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#164A8D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva