#164C8E#164C8E

#164C8E is a dark, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.123 H 255.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164C8E
RGB	rgb(22, 76, 142)
HSL	hsl(213, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(213, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 46.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.46, 8.36, -41.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.46, 42.28, 281.40°)
OKLab	oklab(42.01% -0.0298 -0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(42.01% 0.123 255.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.7960, 7.2915, 26.5825)
Luminance	0.0729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164C8E #8E5816

analogous

#16888E #164C8E #1C168E

triadic

#164C8E #8E164C #4C8E16

tetradic

#164C8E #8E1688 #8E5816 #168E1C

square

#164C8E #8E1688 #8E5816 #168E1C

split-complementary

#164C8E #8E1C16 #888E16

monochromatic

#061324 #0E3059 #164C8E #1E68C3 #3D87E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.54

#164C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#164C8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164C8E

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164C8E	1.00	8.54	2.46	8.54
#FFFFFF	8.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#295291

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0B478D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 76, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.123 255.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#697daf',
    500: '#164c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164c8e;
$custom-light: #697daf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42005,
    "c": 0.12266,
    "h": 255.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164C8E

secondary

#C1863F

accent

#9D38F0

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEEF5

border

#C7C9CF

text

#070910

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #164C8E

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

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