#164E72#164E72

#164E72 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.083 H 241.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164E72
RGB	rgb(22, 78, 114)
HSL	hsl(203, 68%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(203, 81%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.7%, 31.6%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.42, -4.33, -25.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.42, 26.11, 260.46°)
OKLab	oklab(40.65% -0.0392 -0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(40.65% 0.083 241.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.0913, 6.8335, 16.9143)
Luminance	0.0683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164E72 #723A16

analogous

#167268 #164E72 #162072

triadic

#164E72 #72164E #4E7216

tetradic

#164E72 #681672 #723A16 #207216

square

#164E72 #681672 #723A16 #207216

split-complementary

#164E72 #721620 #726816

monochromatic

#05121A #0C2B3F #164E72 #2071A5 #2C94D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.87

#164E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#164E72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164E72

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164E72	1.00	8.87	2.37	8.87
#FFFFFF	8.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D4F74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#314671

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00575B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 78, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.083 241.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#637f9a',
    500: '#164e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164e72;
$custom-light: #637f9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.478,
    "s": 67.647,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40651,
    "c": 0.08282,
    "h": 241.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164E72

secondary

#A8663C

accent

#813DEB

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#EBEEF2

border

#C6C9CC

text

#060A0E

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #164E72

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

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