#164E7F#164E7F

#164E7F is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.100 H 249.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164E7F
RGB	rgb(22, 78, 127)
HSL	hsl(208, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(208, 83%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.7%, 38.6%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.15, 0.89, -32.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.15, 32.72, 271.56°)
OKLab	oklab(41.46% -0.0352 -0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(41.46% 0.1 249.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.8846, 7.1508, 21.0920)
Luminance	0.0715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164E7F #7F4716

analogous

#167F7C #164E7F #161A7F

triadic

#164E7F #7F164E #4E7F16

tetradic

#164E7F #7C167F #7F4716 #1A7F16

square

#164E7F #7C167F #7F4716 #1A7F16

split-complementary

#164E7F #7F161A #7F7C16

monochromatic

#05101A #0D2E4B #164E7F #1F6EB3 #348DDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.64

#164E7F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#164E7F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164E7F

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164E7F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164E7F	1.00	8.64	2.43	8.64
#FFFFFF	8.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#375181

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#27477E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164e7f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 78, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.100 249.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#667fa4',
    500: '#164e7f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164e7f;
$custom-light: #667fa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164e7f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208,
    "s": 70.47,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41457,
    "c": 0.09968,
    "h": 249.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164E7F

secondary

#B4743D

accent

#8E3BED

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#EBEEF4

border

#C6C9CE

text

#070A0F

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #164E7F

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

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