#164C8F#164C8F

#164C8F is a dark, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.124 H 256.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164C8F
RGB	rgb(22, 76, 143)
HSL	hsl(213, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(213, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.6%, 46.9%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.53, 8.77, -41.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.53, 42.86, 281.81°)
OKLab	oklab(42.08% -0.0296 -0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(42.08% 0.124 256.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.8714, 7.3217, 26.9796)
Luminance	0.0732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164C8F #8F5916

analogous

#16898F #164C8F #1D168F

triadic

#164C8F #8F164C #4C8F16

tetradic

#164C8F #8F1689 #8F5916 #168F1D

square

#164C8F #8F1689 #8F5916 #168F1D

split-complementary

#164C8F #8F1D16 #898F16

monochromatic

#061425 #0E305A #164C8F #1E68C4 #3E87E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.52

#164C8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#164C8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164C8F

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164C8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164C8F	1.00	8.52	2.46	8.52
#FFFFFF	8.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#285292

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#08478E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164c8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 76, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.124 256.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#697db0',
    500: '#164c8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164c8f;
$custom-light: #697db0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164c8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.223,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42078,
    "c": 0.12405,
    "h": 256.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164C8F

secondary

#C1873F

accent

#9E38F0

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEEF5

border

#C7C9CF

text

#070910

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #164C8F

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

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