#164A8F#164A8F

#164A8F is a dark, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.127 H 257.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164A8F
RGB	rgb(22, 74, 143)
HSL	hsl(214, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(214, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.6%, 48.3%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.92, 10.13, -42.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.92, 44.10, 283.27°)
OKLab	oklab(41.61% -0.028 -0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(41.61% 0.127 257.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.7357, 7.0503, 26.9344)
Luminance	0.0705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164A8F #8F5B16

analogous

#16868F #164A8F #1F168F

triadic

#164A8F #8F164A #4A8F16

tetradic

#164A8F #8F1686 #8F5B16 #168F1F

square

#164A8F #8F1686 #8F5B16 #168F1F

split-complementary

#164A8F #8F1F16 #868F16

monochromatic

#061325 #0E2F5A #164A8F #1E65C4 #3E84E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.71

#164A8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#164A8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164A8F

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164A8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164A8F	1.00	8.71	2.41	8.71
#FFFFFF	8.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#235192

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00468E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164a8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 74, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.127 257.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#697bb0',
    500: '#164a8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164a8f;
$custom-light: #697bb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164a8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.215,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41609,
    "c": 0.12652,
    "h": 257.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164A8F

secondary

#C18A3F

accent

#A138F0

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEDF5

border

#C7C8CF

text

#070910

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #164A8F

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

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