#164D74#164D74

#164D74 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.086 H 244.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164D74
RGB	rgb(22, 77, 116)
HSL	hsl(205, 68%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(205, 81%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(81%, 33.6%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.20, -2.89, -27.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.20, 27.50, 263.97°)
OKLab	oklab(40.51% -0.0375 -0.0776)
OKLCH	oklch(40.51% 0.086 244.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.1359, 6.7385, 17.4969)
Luminance	0.0674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164D74 #743D16

analogous

#16746C #164D74 #161E74

triadic

#164D74 #74164D #4D7416

tetradic

#164D74 #6C1674 #743D16 #1E7416

square

#164D74 #6C1674 #743D16 #1E7416

split-complementary

#164D74 #74161E #746C16

monochromatic

#05111A #0C2B41 #164D74 #206FA7 #2D91D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.94

#164D74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#164D74 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164D74

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164D74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164D74	1.00	8.94	2.35	8.94
#FFFFFF	8.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B4E76

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E4673

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00575B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164d74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 77, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.086 244.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#637e9c',
    500: '#164d74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164d74;
$custom-light: #637e9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164d74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.894,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40511,
    "c": 0.08622,
    "h": 244.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164D74

secondary

#AA6A3C

accent

#853DEB

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#EBEEF2

border

#C6C9CC

text

#06090E

muted

#7A7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #164D74

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

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