#164D78#164D78

#164D78 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.091 H 246.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164D78
RGB	rgb(22, 77, 120)
HSL	hsl(206, 69%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(206, 82%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.7%, 35.8%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.43, -1.28, -29.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.43, 29.53, 267.51°)
OKLab	oklab(40.76% -0.0363 -0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(40.76% 0.091 246.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.3736, 6.8336, 18.7488)
Luminance	0.0683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164D78 #784116

analogous

#167872 #164D78 #161C78

triadic

#164D78 #78164D #4D7816

tetradic

#164D78 #721678 #784116 #1C7816

square

#164D78 #721678 #784116 #1C7816

split-complementary

#164D78 #78161C #787216

monochromatic

#05111A #0D2C44 #164D78 #1F6EAC #2F8FD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.87

#164D78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#164D78 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164D78

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164D78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164D78	1.00	8.87	2.37	8.87
#FFFFFF	8.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#394F7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B4677

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00575D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164d78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 77, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.091 246.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#647e9f',
    500: '#164d78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164d78;
$custom-light: #647e9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164d78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.327,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40758,
    "c": 0.09141,
    "h": 246.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164D78

secondary

#AD6E3C

accent

#893CEC

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#EBEEF2

border

#C6C9CC

text

#06090E

muted

#7A7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #164D78

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

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