#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
RGBrgb(22, 77, 143)
HSLhsl(213, 73%, 32%)
HSVhsv(213, 85%, 56%)
CMYKcmyk(84.6%, 46.2%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LABlab(32.83, 8.09, -41.46)
CIE-LCHlch(32.83, 42.24, 281.05°)
OKLaboklab(42.31% -0.0304 -0.119)
OKLCHoklch(42.31% 0.123 255.7)
XYZxyz(7.9408, 7.4605, 27.0028)
Luminance0.0746 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##164D8F1.008.432.498.43
#FFFFFF8.431.0021.001.00
#0000002.4921.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.431.0021.001.00

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

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#164D8F Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva