#164E78#164E78

#164E78 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.090 H 245.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164E78
RGB	rgb(22, 78, 120)
HSL	hsl(206, 69%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(206, 82%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.7%, 35%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.75, -1.93, -28.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.75, 29.05, 266.18°)
OKLab	oklab(41.01% -0.0373 -0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(41.01% 0.09 245.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.4441, 6.9746, 18.7723)
Luminance	0.0698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164E78 #784016

analogous

#167871 #164E78 #161D78

triadic

#164E78 #78164E #4E7816

tetradic

#164E78 #711678 #784016 #1D7816

square

#164E78 #711678 #784016 #1D7816

split-complementary

#164E78 #78161D #787116

monochromatic

#05111A #0D2C44 #164E78 #1F70AC #2F90D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.77

#164E78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#164E78 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164E78

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164E78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164E78	1.00	8.77	2.40	8.77
#FFFFFF	8.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A507A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C4777

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00585D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164e78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 78, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.090 245.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#647f9f',
    500: '#164e78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164e78;
$custom-light: #647f9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164e78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.714,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41013,
    "c": 0.09042,
    "h": 245.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164E78

secondary

#AD6D3C

accent

#873CEC

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#EBEEF2

border

#C6C9CC

text

#060A0E

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #164E78

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

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