#164C8D#164C8D

#164C8D is a dark, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.121 H 255.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164C8D
RGB	rgb(22, 76, 141)
HSL	hsl(213, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(213, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.4%, 46.1%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.40, 7.95, -40.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.40, 41.70, 280.99°)
OKLab	oklab(41.93% -0.03 -0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(41.93% 0.121 255.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.7212, 7.2616, 26.1888)
Luminance	0.0726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164C8D #8D5716

analogous

#16888D #164C8D #1C168D

triadic

#164C8D #8D164C #4C8D16

tetradic

#164C8D #8D1688 #8D5716 #168D1C

square

#164C8D #8D1688 #8D5716 #168D1C

split-complementary

#164C8D #8D1C16 #888D16

monochromatic

#051323 #0E2F58 #164C8D #1E69C2 #3D87E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.56

#164C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#164C8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164C8D

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164C8D	1.00	8.56	2.45	8.56
#FFFFFF	8.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A528F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0E478C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 76, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.121 255.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#697daf',
    500: '#164c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164c8d;
$custom-light: #697daf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.773,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41932,
    "c": 0.12126,
    "h": 255.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164C8D

secondary

#C1853E

accent

#9C38F0

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEEF4

border

#C7C9CE

text

#070910

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #164C8D

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

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