#164E73#164E73

#164E73 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.084 H 242.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#164E73
RGBrgb(22, 78, 115)
HSLhsl(204, 68%, 27%)
HSVhsv(204, 81%, 45%)
CMYKcmyk(80.9%, 32.2%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LABlab(31.48, -3.93, -26.29)
CIE-LCHlch(31.48, 26.58, 261.50°)
OKLaboklab(40.71% -0.0389 -0.0745)
OKLCHoklch(40.71% 0.084 242.4)
XYZxyz(6.1486, 6.8564, 17.2157)
Luminance0.0686 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#164E73 #733B16
analogous
#16736A #164E73 #162073
triadic
#164E73 #73164E #4E7316
tetradic
#164E73 #6A1673 #733B16 #207316
square
#164E73 #6A1673 #733B16 #207316
split-complementary
#164E73 #731620 #736A16
monochromatic
#05111A #0C2B40 #164E73 #2071A6 #2D93D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.86
#164E73 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37
#164E73 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164E73
8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##164E73#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##164E731.008.862.378.86
#FFFFFF8.861.0021.001.00
#0000002.3721.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.861.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#3D4F75
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#304672
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00575B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #164e73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 78, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.084 242.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#637f9b',
    500: '#164e73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #164e73;
$custom-light: #637f9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#164e73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.871,
    "s": 67.883,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4071,
    "c": 0.08405,
    "h": 242.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#164E73
secondary
#A9673C
accent
#823DEB
background
#F6F7F9
surface
#EBEEF2
border
#C6C9CC
text
#060A0E
muted
#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

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#164E73 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva