#164C8C#164C8C

#164C8C is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.120 H 255.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164C8C
RGB	rgb(22, 76, 140)
HSL	hsl(213, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(213, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.3%, 45.7%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.33, 7.54, -40.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.33, 41.13, 280.56°)
OKLab	oklab(41.86% -0.0302 -0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(41.86% 0.12 255.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.6472, 7.2320, 25.7987)
Luminance	0.0723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164C8C #8C5616

analogous

#16878C #164C8C #1B168C

triadic

#164C8C #8C164C #4C8C16

tetradic

#164C8C #8C1687 #8C5616 #168C1B

square

#164C8C #8C1687 #8C5616 #168C1B

split-complementary

#164C8C #8C1B16 #878C16

monochromatic

#051322 #0E2F57 #164C8C #1E69C1 #3C87E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.58

#164C8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#164C8C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164C8C

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164C8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164C8C	1.00	8.58	2.45	8.58
#FFFFFF	8.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A528E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#10478B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164c8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 76, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.120 255.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#697dae',
    500: '#164c8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164c8c;
$custom-light: #697dae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164c8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.542,
    "s": 72.84,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4186,
    "c": 0.11987,
    "h": 255.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164C8C

secondary

#C0843E

accent

#9C38F0

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEEF4

border

#C7C9CE

text

#070910

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #164C8C

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

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