#164D72#164D72

#164D72 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.084 H 242.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164D72
RGB	rgb(22, 77, 114)
HSL	hsl(204, 68%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(204, 81%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.7%, 32.5%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.10, -3.69, -26.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.10, 26.52, 262.01°)
OKLab	oklab(40.39% -0.0382 -0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(40.39% 0.084 242.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.0208, 6.6925, 16.8908)
Luminance	0.0669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164D72 #723B16

analogous

#167269 #164D72 #161F72

triadic

#164D72 #72164D #4D7216

tetradic

#164D72 #691672 #723B16 #1F7216

square

#164D72 #691672 #723B16 #1F7216

split-complementary

#164D72 #72161F #726916

monochromatic

#05111A #0C2A3F #164D72 #2070A5 #2C92D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.98

#164D72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#164D72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164D72

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164D72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164D72	1.00	8.98	2.34	8.98
#FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C4E74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F4571

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00565A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164d72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 77, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.084 242.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#637e9a',
    500: '#164d72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164d72;
$custom-light: #637e9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164d72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.13,
    "s": 67.647,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40391,
    "c": 0.08369,
    "h": 242.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164D72

secondary

#A8673C

accent

#833DEB

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#EBEEF2

border

#C6C9CC

text

#060A0E

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #164D72

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

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