#164D8E#164D8E

#164D8E is a dark, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.121 H 255.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164D8E
RGB	rgb(22, 77, 142)
HSL	hsl(213, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(213, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 45.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.77, 7.68, -40.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.77, 41.67, 280.63°)
OKLab	oklab(42.24% -0.0306 -0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(42.24% 0.121 255.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.8654, 7.4303, 26.6056)
Luminance	0.0743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164D8E #8E5716

analogous

#16898E #164D8E #1B168E

triadic

#164D8E #8E164D #4D8E16

tetradic

#164D8E #8E1689 #8E5716 #168E1B

square

#164D8E #8E1689 #8E5716 #168E1B

split-complementary

#164D8E #8E1B16 #898E16

monochromatic

#061424 #0E3059 #164D8E #1E6AC3 #3D88E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.45

#164D8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#164D8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164D8E

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164D8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164D8E	1.00	8.45	2.49	8.45
#FFFFFF	8.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B5390

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#10488D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005D66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164d8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 77, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.121 255.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#697eaf',
    500: '#164d8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164d8e;
$custom-light: #697eaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164d8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42241,
    "c": 0.12144,
    "h": 255.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164D8E

secondary

#C1853F

accent

#9C38F0

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEEF4

border

#C7C9CE

text

#070910

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #164D8E

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

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