#164A8E#164A8E

#164A8E is a dark, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.125 H 257.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164A8E
RGB	rgb(22, 74, 142)
HSL	hsl(214, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(214, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 47.9%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.85, 9.71, -42.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.85, 43.52, 282.90°)
OKLab	oklab(41.53% -0.0282 -0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(41.53% 0.125 257)
XYZ	xyz(7.6603, 7.0202, 26.5372)
Luminance	0.0702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164A8E #8E5A16

analogous

#16868E #164A8E #1E168E

triadic

#164A8E #8E164A #4A8E16

tetradic

#164A8E #8E1686 #8E5A16 #168E1E

square

#164A8E #8E1686 #8E5A16 #168E1E

split-complementary

#164A8E #8E1E16 #868E16

monochromatic

#061324 #0E2E59 #164A8E #1E66C3 #3D84E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.73

#164A8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#164A8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164A8E

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164A8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164A8E	1.00	8.73	2.40	8.73
#FFFFFF	8.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#245191

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#01468D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164a8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 74, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.125 257.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#697baf',
    500: '#164a8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164a8e;
$custom-light: #697baf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164a8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41534,
    "c": 0.12512,
    "h": 257
  },
  "luminance": 0.07021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164A8E

secondary

#C1893F

accent

#A038F0

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEDF5

border

#C7C8CF

text

#070910

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #164A8E

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

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