#164B8F#164B8F

#164B8F is a dark, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.125 H 256.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164B8F
RGB	rgb(22, 75, 143)
HSL	hsl(214, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(214, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.6%, 47.6%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.22, 9.45, -42.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.22, 43.48, 282.55°)
OKLab	oklab(41.84% -0.0288 -0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(41.84% 0.125 256.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.8030, 7.1849, 26.9568)
Luminance	0.0719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164B8F #8F5A16

analogous

#16888F #164B8F #1E168F

triadic

#164B8F #8F164B #4B8F16

tetradic

#164B8F #8F1688 #8F5A16 #168F1E

square

#164B8F #8F1688 #8F5A16 #168F1E

split-complementary

#164B8F #8F1E16 #888F16

monochromatic

#061325 #0E2F5A #164B8F #1E67C4 #3E86E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.62

#164B8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#164B8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164B8F

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164B8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164B8F	1.00	8.62	2.44	8.62
#FFFFFF	8.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#265292

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#03478E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164b8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 75, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.125 256.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#697cb0',
    500: '#164b8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164b8f;
$custom-light: #697cb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164b8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.719,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41843,
    "c": 0.12528,
    "h": 256.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164B8F

secondary

#C1883F

accent

#9F38F0

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEEF5

border

#C7C9CF

text

#070910

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #164B8F

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

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