#164D8D#164D8D

#164D8D is a dark, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.120 H 255.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164D8D
RGB	rgb(22, 77, 141)
HSL	hsl(212, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(212, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.4%, 45.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.70, 7.27, -40.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.70, 41.10, 280.19°)
OKLab	oklab(42.17% -0.0308 -0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(42.17% 0.12 255.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.7907, 7.4005, 26.2120)
Luminance	0.0740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164D8D #8D5616

analogous

#16898D #164D8D #1B168D

triadic

#164D8D #8D164D #4D8D16

tetradic

#164D8D #8D1689 #8D5616 #168D1B

square

#164D8D #8D1689 #8D5616 #168D1B

split-complementary

#164D8D #8D1B16 #898D16

monochromatic

#051323 #0E3058 #164D8D #1E6AC2 #3D88E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.47

#164D8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#164D8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164D8D

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164D8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164D8D	1.00	8.47	2.48	8.47
#FFFFFF	8.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C538F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#12488C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164d8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 77, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.120 255.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#697eaf',
    500: '#164d8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164d8d;
$custom-light: #697eaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164d8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.269,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42169,
    "c": 0.12005,
    "h": 255.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164D8D

secondary

#C1843E

accent

#9B38F0

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEEF4

border

#C7C9CE

text

#070910

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #164D8D

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

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