#164B8D#164B8D

#164B8D is a dark, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.122 H 256.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164B8D
RGB	rgb(22, 75, 141)
HSL	hsl(213, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(213, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.4%, 46.8%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.09, 8.62, -41.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.09, 42.32, 281.76°)
OKLab	oklab(41.7% -0.0292 -0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(41.7% 0.122 256.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.6529, 7.1249, 26.1660)
Luminance	0.0713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164B8D #8D5816

analogous

#16878D #164B8D #1C168D

triadic

#164B8D #8D164B #4B8D16

tetradic

#164B8D #8D1687 #8D5816 #168D1C

square

#164B8D #8D1687 #8D5816 #168D1C

split-complementary

#164B8D #8D1C16 #878D16

monochromatic

#051323 #0E2F58 #164B8D #1E67C2 #3D86E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.66

#164B8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#164B8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164B8D

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164B8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164B8D	1.00	8.66	2.43	8.66
#FFFFFF	8.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#275190

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#09478C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164b8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 75, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.122 256.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#697caf',
    500: '#164b8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164b8d;
$custom-light: #697caf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164b8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.277,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41695,
    "c": 0.12249,
    "h": 256.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164B8D

secondary

#C1873E

accent

#9E38F0

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEEF4

border

#C7C9CE

text

#070910

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #164B8D

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

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