#164D99#164D99

#164D99 is a dark, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.137 H 257.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164D99
RGB	rgb(22, 77, 153)
HSL	hsl(215, 75%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(215, 86%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.6%, 49.7%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.51, 12.19, -46.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.51, 48.02, 284.71°)
OKLab	oklab(43.06% -0.0286 -0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(43.06% 0.137 257.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.7324, 7.7771, 31.1717)
Luminance	0.0778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164D99 #996216

analogous

#168F99 #164D99 #211699

triadic

#164D99 #99164D #4D9916

tetradic

#164D99 #99168F #996216 #169921

square

#164D99 #99168F #996216 #169921

split-complementary

#164D99 #992116 #8F9916

monochromatic

#07172E #0E3263 #164D99 #1E68CF #4588E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.22

#164D99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#164D99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164D99

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164D99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164D99	1.00	8.22	2.56	8.22
#FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#20559C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004998

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164d99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 77, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.137 257.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c7eb8',
    500: '#164d99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164d99;
$custom-light: #6c7eb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164d99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.809,
    "s": 74.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43058,
    "c": 0.1367,
    "h": 257.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164D99

secondary

#C59046

accent

#A336F1

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF6

border

#C8C9D0

text

#080911

muted

#7B7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #164D99

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

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