#164E79#164E79

#164E79 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.092 H 246.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164E79
RGB	rgb(22, 78, 121)
HSL	hsl(206, 69%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(206, 82%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.8%, 35.5%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.80, -1.53, -29.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.80, 29.56, 267.03°)
OKLab	oklab(41.08% -0.0369 -0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(41.08% 0.092 246.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.5051, 6.9990, 19.0936)
Luminance	0.0700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164E79 #794116

analogous

#167972 #164E79 #161C79

triadic

#164E79 #79164E #4E7916

tetradic

#164E79 #721679 #794116 #1C7916

square

#164E79 #721679 #794116 #1C7916

split-complementary

#164E79 #79161C #797216

monochromatic

#05111A #0D2D45 #164E79 #1F6FAD #3090D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.75

#164E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#164E79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164E79

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164E79	1.00	8.75	2.40	8.75
#FFFFFF	8.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A507B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C4778

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00585E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 78, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.092 246.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#647fa0',
    500: '#164e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164e79;
$custom-light: #647fa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.061,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41075,
    "c": 0.09172,
    "h": 246.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164E79

secondary

#AE6E3D

accent

#883CEC

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#EBEEF2

border

#C6C9CC

text

#060A0E

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #164E79

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

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