#164E87#164E87

#164E87 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.111 H 252.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164E87
RGB	rgb(22, 78, 135)
HSL	hsl(210, 72%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(210, 84%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.7%, 42.2%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.63, 4.15, -36.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.63, 37.11, 276.42°)
OKLab	oklab(41.99% -0.0331 -0.1055)
OKLCH	oklch(41.99% 0.111 252.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.4268, 7.3677, 23.9477)
Luminance	0.0737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164E87 #874F16

analogous

#168687 #164E87 #161687

triadic

#164E87 #87164E #4E8716

tetradic

#164E87 #871686 #874F16 #168716

square

#164E87 #871686 #874F16 #168716

split-complementary

#164E87 #871616 #868716

monochromatic

#05111E #0D3052 #164E87 #1F6CBC #398BDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.49

#164E87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#164E87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164E87

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164E87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164E87	1.00	8.49	2.47	8.49
#FFFFFF	8.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#325289

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E4886

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164e87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 78, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.111 252.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#677faa',
    500: '#164e87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164e87;
$custom-light: #677faa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164e87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.265,
    "s": 71.975,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4199,
    "c": 0.11058,
    "h": 252.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164E87

secondary

#BB7D3E

accent

#9539EF

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#EBEEF4

border

#C6C9CE

text

#070A10

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #164E87

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

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