#164B72#164B72

#164B72 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.086 H 245.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164B72
RGB	rgb(22, 75, 114)
HSL	hsl(205, 68%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(205, 81%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.7%, 34.2%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.44, -2.39, -27.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.44, 27.40, 264.99°)
OKLab	oklab(39.87% -0.0362 -0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(39.87% 0.086 245)
XYZ	xyz(5.8830, 6.4169, 16.8449)
Luminance	0.0642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164B72 #723D16

analogous

#16726B #164B72 #161D72

triadic

#164B72 #72164B #4B7216

tetradic

#164B72 #6B1672 #723D16 #1D7216

square

#164B72 #6B1672 #723D16 #1D7216

split-complementary

#164B72 #72161D #726B16

monochromatic

#05111A #0C293F #164B72 #206DA5 #2C8ED6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.20

#164B72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#164B72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164B72

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164B72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164B72	1.00	9.20	2.28	9.20
#FFFFFF	9.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#394C74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C4471

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005459

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164b72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 75, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.086 245.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#637d9b',
    500: '#164b72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164b72;
$custom-light: #637d9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164b72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.435,
    "s": 67.647,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39873,
    "c": 0.08552,
    "h": 245
  },
  "luminance": 0.06418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164B72

secondary

#A86A3C

accent

#873DEB

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#EBEEF2

border

#C6C9CC

text

#06090E

muted

#7A7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #164B72

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

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