#164B8E#164B8E

#164B8E is a dark, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.124 H 256.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164B8E
RGB	rgb(22, 75, 142)
HSL	hsl(214, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(214, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 47.2%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.16, 9.03, -41.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.16, 42.90, 282.16°)
OKLab	oklab(41.77% -0.029 -0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(41.77% 0.124 256.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.7276, 7.1548, 26.5597)
Luminance	0.0716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164B8E #8E5916

analogous

#16878E #164B8E #1D168E

triadic

#164B8E #8E164B #4B8E16

tetradic

#164B8E #8E1687 #8E5916 #168E1D

square

#164B8E #8E1687 #8E5916 #168E1D

split-complementary

#164B8E #8E1D16 #878E16

monochromatic

#061324 #0E2F59 #164B8E #1E67C3 #3D86E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.64

#164B8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#164B8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164B8E

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164B8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164B8E	1.00	8.64	2.43	8.64
#FFFFFF	8.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#275191

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#06478D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164b8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 75, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.124 256.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#697caf',
    500: '#164b8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164b8e;
$custom-light: #697caf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164b8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41769,
    "c": 0.12388,
    "h": 256.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164B8E

secondary

#C1873F

accent

#9F38F0

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEEF5

border

#C7C9CF

text

#070910

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #164B8E

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

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