#164C7E#164C7E

#164C7E is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.101 H 250.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164C7E
RGB	rgb(22, 76, 126)
HSL	hsl(209, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(209, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.5%, 39.7%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.45, 1.81, -33.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.45, 33.24, 273.11°)
OKLab	oklab(40.89% -0.0336 -0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(40.89% 0.101 250.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.6798, 6.8450, 20.7038)
Luminance	0.0685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164C7E #7E4816

analogous

#167E7C #164C7E #16187E

triadic

#164C7E #7E164C #4C7E16

tetradic

#164C7E #7C167E #7E4816 #187E16

square

#164C7E #7C167E #7E4816 #187E16

split-complementary

#164C7E #7E1618 #7E7C16

monochromatic

#05101A #0D2D4A #164C7E #1F6BB2 #338ADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.86

#164C7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#164C7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164C7E

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164C7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164C7E	1.00	8.86	2.37	8.86
#FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#344F80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#24467D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00585F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164c7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 76, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.101 250.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#657da4',
    500: '#164c7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164c7e;
$custom-light: #657da4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164c7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.846,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40892,
    "c": 0.10052,
    "h": 250.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164C7E

secondary

#B3763D

accent

#903BED

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#EBEEF4

border

#C6C9CE

text

#07090F

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #164C7E

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

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