#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
RGB	rgb(22, 74, 141)
HSL	hsl(214, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(214, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.4%, 47.5%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.78, 9.30, -41.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.78, 42.94, 282.51°)
OKLab	oklab(41.46% -0.0284 -0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(41.46% 0.124 256.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.5856, 6.9903, 26.1436)
Luminance	0.0699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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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
##164A8D	1.00	8.76	2.40	8.76
#FFFFFF	8.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #164A8D

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

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