#164D7E#164D7E

#164D7E is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.099 H 249.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164D7E
RGB	rgb(22, 77, 126)
HSL	hsl(208, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(208, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.5%, 38.9%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.77, 1.14, -32.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.77, 32.71, 272.00°)
OKLab	oklab(41.14% -0.0345 -0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(41.14% 0.099 249.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.7492, 6.9839, 20.7269)
Luminance	0.0698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164D7E #7E4716

analogous

#167E7B #164D7E #16197E

triadic

#164D7E #7E164D #4D7E16

tetradic

#164D7E #7B167E #7E4716 #197E16

square

#164D7E #7B167E #7E4716 #197E16

split-complementary

#164D7E #7E1619 #7E7B16

monochromatic

#05101A #0D2D4A #164D7E #1F6DB2 #338CDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.76

#164D7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#164D7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164D7E

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164D7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164D7E	1.00	8.76	2.40	8.76
#FFFFFF	8.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#365080

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#26467D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00595F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164d7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 77, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.099 249.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#657ea3',
    500: '#164d7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164d7e;
$custom-light: #657ea3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164d7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.269,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41141,
    "c": 0.09942,
    "h": 249.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164D7E

secondary

#B3743D

accent

#8F3BED

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#EBEEF4

border

#C6C9CE

text

#07090F

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #164D7E

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

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