#164E76#164E76

#164E76 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.088 H 244.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164E76
RGB	rgb(22, 78, 118)
HSL	hsl(205, 69%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(205, 81%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.4%, 33.9%, 0%, 53.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.64, -2.73, -27.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.64, 28.05, 264.40°)
OKLab	oklab(40.89% -0.0379 -0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(40.89% 0.088 244.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.3240, 6.9266, 18.1397)
Luminance	0.0693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164E76 #763E16

analogous

#16766E #164E76 #161E76

triadic

#164E76 #76164E #4E7616

tetradic

#164E76 #6E1676 #763E16 #1E7616

square

#164E76 #6E1676 #763E16 #1E7616

split-complementary

#164E76 #76161E #766E16

monochromatic

#05111A #0C2C42 #164E76 #2070AA #2E91D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.80

#164E76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#164E76 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164E76

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164E76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164E76	1.00	8.80	2.39	8.80
#FFFFFF	8.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B4F78

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E4675

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00585C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164e76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 78, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.088 244.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#637f9d',
    500: '#164e76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164e76;
$custom-light: #637f9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164e76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205,
    "s": 68.571,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4089,
    "c": 0.08784,
    "h": 244.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164E76

secondary

#AC6B3C

accent

#853CEB

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#EBEEF2

border

#C6C9CC

text

#060A0E

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #164E76

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

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