#164D8F#164D8F

#164D8F is a dark, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.123 H 255.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164D8F
RGB	rgb(22, 77, 143)
HSL	hsl(213, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(213, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.6%, 46.2%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.83, 8.09, -41.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.83, 42.24, 281.05°)
OKLab	oklab(42.31% -0.0304 -0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(42.31% 0.123 255.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.9408, 7.4605, 27.0028)
Luminance	0.0746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164D8F #8F5816

analogous

#168A8F #164D8F #1B168F

triadic

#164D8F #8F164D #4D8F16

tetradic

#164D8F #8F168A #8F5816 #168F1B

square

#164D8F #8F168A #8F5816 #168F1B

split-complementary

#164D8F #8F1B16 #8A8F16

monochromatic

#061425 #0E305A #164D8F #1E6AC4 #3E88E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.43

#164D8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#164D8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164D8F

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164D8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164D8F	1.00	8.43	2.49	8.43
#FFFFFF	8.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A5392

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D488E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005D67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164d8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 77, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.123 255.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#697eb0',
    500: '#164d8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164d8f;
$custom-light: #697eb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164d8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.727,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42314,
    "c": 0.12283,
    "h": 255.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164D8F

secondary

#C1863F

accent

#9C38F0

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEEF5

border

#C7C9CF

text

#070910

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #164D8F

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

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