#164E7E#164E7E

#164E7E is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.098 H 248.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164E7E
RGB	rgb(22, 78, 126)
HSL	hsl(208, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(208, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.5%, 38.1%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.09, 0.49, -32.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.09, 32.18, 270.86°)
OKLab	oklab(41.39% -0.0355 -0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(41.39% 0.098 248.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.8197, 7.1249, 20.7504)
Luminance	0.0713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164E7E #7E4616

analogous

#167E7A #164E7E #161A7E

triadic

#164E7E #7E164E #4E7E16

tetradic

#164E7E #7A167E #7E4616 #1A7E16

square

#164E7E #7A167E #7E4616 #1A7E16

split-complementary

#164E7E #7E161A #7E7A16

monochromatic

#05101A #0D2E4A #164E7E #1F6EB2 #338EDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.66

#164E7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#164E7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164E7E

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164E7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164E7E	1.00	8.66	2.43	8.66
#FFFFFF	8.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#375180

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#28477D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164e7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 78, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.098 248.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#657fa3',
    500: '#164e7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164e7e;
$custom-light: #657fa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164e7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.692,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41392,
    "c": 0.09835,
    "h": 248.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164E7E

secondary

#B3733D

accent

#8D3BED

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#EBEEF4

border

#C6C9CE

text

#070A0F

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #164E7E

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

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