#164B79#164B79

#164B79 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.095 H 249.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164B79
RGB	rgb(22, 75, 121)
HSL	hsl(208, 69%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(208, 82%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.8%, 38%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.84, 0.43, -31.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.84, 31.06, 270.80°)
OKLab	oklab(40.31% -0.034 -0.0885)
OKLCH	oklch(40.31% 0.095 249)
XYZ	xyz(6.2968, 6.5824, 19.0241)
Luminance	0.0658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164B79 #794416

analogous

#167975 #164B79 #161979

triadic

#164B79 #79164B #4B7916

tetradic

#164B79 #751679 #794416 #197916

square

#164B79 #751679 #794416 #197916

split-complementary

#164B79 #791619 #797516

monochromatic

#05101A #0D2B45 #164B79 #1F6BAD #308BD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.07

#164B79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#164B79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164B79

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164B79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164B79	1.00	9.07	2.32	9.07
#FFFFFF	9.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#354E7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#274478

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00565C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164b79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 75, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.095 249.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#647ca0',
    500: '#164b79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164b79;
$custom-light: #647ca0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164b79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.879,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40314,
    "c": 0.09481,
    "h": 249
  },
  "luminance": 0.06583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164B79

secondary

#AE713D

accent

#8E3CEC

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#EBEEF2

border

#C6C9CC

text

#06090E

muted

#7A7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #164B79

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

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