#164E70#164E70

#164E70 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.080 H 240.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164E70
RGB	rgb(22, 78, 112)
HSL	hsl(203, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(203, 80%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.4%, 30.4%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.32, -5.12, -24.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.32, 25.18, 258.27°)
OKLab	oklab(40.53% -0.0399 -0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(40.53% 0.08 240.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.9787, 6.7885, 16.3213)
Luminance	0.0679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164E70 #703816

analogous

#167065 #164E70 #162170

triadic

#164E70 #70164E #4E7016

tetradic

#164E70 #651670 #703816 #217016

square

#164E70 #651670 #703816 #217016

split-complementary

#164E70 #701621 #706516

monochromatic

#05121A #0C2A3D #164E70 #2072A3 #2B95D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.91

#164E70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#164E70 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164E70

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164E70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164E70	1.00	8.91	2.36	8.91
#FFFFFF	8.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E4E72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#32466F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00575A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164e70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 78, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.080 240.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#627f99',
    500: '#164e70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164e70;
$custom-light: #627f99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164e70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.667,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40534,
    "c": 0.08038,
    "h": 240.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164E70

secondary

#A6643C

accent

#7F3EEA

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#EBEEF2

border

#C6C9CC

text

#060A0E

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #164E70

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

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