#164B8B#164B8B

#164B8B is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.120 H 255.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164B8B
RGB	rgb(22, 75, 139)
HSL	hsl(213, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(213, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.2%, 46%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.96, 7.80, -40.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.96, 41.16, 280.93°)
OKLab	oklab(41.55% -0.0296 -0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(41.55% 0.12 255.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.5054, 7.0659, 25.3894)
Luminance	0.0707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164B8B #8B5616

analogous

#16868B #164B8B #1C168B

triadic

#164B8B #8B164B #4B8B16

tetradic

#164B8B #8B1686 #8B5616 #168B1C

square

#164B8B #8B1686 #8B5616 #168B1C

split-complementary

#164B8B #8B1C16 #868B16

monochromatic

#051221 #0E2E56 #164B8B #1E68C0 #3B86E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.70

#164B8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#164B8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164B8B

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164B8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164B8B	1.00	8.70	2.41	8.70
#FFFFFF	8.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#29518D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F468A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164b8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 75, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.120 255.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#687cad',
    500: '#164b8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164b8b;
$custom-light: #687cad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164b8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.821,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41549,
    "c": 0.1197,
    "h": 255.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164B8B

secondary

#BF843E

accent

#9D38EF

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEEF4

border

#C7C9CE

text

#070910

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #164B8B

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

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