#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
RGB	rgb(22, 78, 115)
HSL	hsl(204, 68%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(204, 81%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.9%, 32.2%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.48, -3.93, -26.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.48, 26.58, 261.50°)
OKLab	oklab(40.71% -0.0389 -0.0745)
OKLCH	oklch(40.71% 0.084 242.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.1486, 6.8564, 17.2157)
Luminance	0.0686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##164E73	1.00	8.86	2.37	8.86
#FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #164E73

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

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