#164B7E#164B7E

#164B7E is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.102 H 251.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164B7E
RGB	rgb(22, 75, 126)
HSL	hsl(209, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(209, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.5%, 40.5%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.13, 2.47, -33.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.13, 33.79, 274.19°)
OKLab	oklab(40.64% -0.0326 -0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(40.64% 0.102 251.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.6114, 6.7083, 20.6810)
Luminance	0.0671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164B7E #7E4916

analogous

#167E7D #164B7E #16177E

triadic

#164B7E #7E164B #4B7E16

tetradic

#164B7E #7D167E #7E4916 #177E16

square

#164B7E #7D167E #7E4916 #177E16

split-complementary

#164B7E #7E1617 #7E7D16

monochromatic

#05101A #0D2C4A #164B7E #1F6AB2 #3389DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.97

#164B7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#164B7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164B7E

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164B7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164B7E	1.00	8.97	2.34	8.97
#FFFFFF	8.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#334E80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#22457D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00575E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164b7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 75, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.102 251.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#657ca4',
    500: '#164b7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164b7e;
$custom-light: #657ca4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164b7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.423,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40643,
    "c": 0.10163,
    "h": 251.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164B7E

secondary

#B3773D

accent

#923BED

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#EBEEF4

border

#C6C9CE

text

#07090F

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #164B7E

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

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