#164C72#164C72

#164C72 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.085 H 243.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164C72
RGB	rgb(22, 76, 114)
HSL	hsl(205, 68%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(205, 81%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.7%, 33.3%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.77, -3.04, -26.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.77, 26.95, 263.52°)
OKLab	oklab(40.13% -0.0372 -0.076)
OKLCH	oklch(40.13% 0.085 243.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.9514, 6.5537, 16.8676)
Luminance	0.0655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164C72 #723C16

analogous

#16726A #164C72 #161E72

triadic

#164C72 #72164C #4C7216

tetradic

#164C72 #6A1672 #723C16 #1E7216

square

#164C72 #6A1672 #723C16 #1E7216

split-complementary

#164C72 #72161E #726A16

monochromatic

#05111A #0C2A3F #164C72 #206EA5 #2C90D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.09

#164C72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#164C72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164C72

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164C72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164C72	1.00	9.09	2.31	9.09
#FFFFFF	9.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A4D74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E4571

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00555A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164c72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 76, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.085 243.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#637d9b',
    500: '#164c72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164c72;
$custom-light: #637d9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164c72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.783,
    "s": 67.647,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40131,
    "c": 0.08459,
    "h": 243.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164C72

secondary

#A8693C

accent

#853DEB

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#EBEEF2

border

#C6C9CC

text

#06090E

muted

#7A7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #164C72

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

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