#164E8C#164E8C

#164E8C is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.117 H 254.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164E8C
RGB	rgb(22, 78, 140)
HSL	hsl(212, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(212, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.3%, 44.3%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.94, 6.19, -39.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.94, 39.93, 278.92°)
OKLab	oklab(42.34% -0.0319 -0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(42.34% 0.117 254.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.7871, 7.5118, 25.8454)
Luminance	0.0751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164E8C #8C5416

analogous

#16898C #164E8C #19168C

triadic

#164E8C #8C164E #4E8C16

tetradic

#164E8C #8C1689 #8C5416 #168C19

square

#164E8C #8C1689 #8C5416 #168C19

split-complementary

#164E8C #8C1916 #898C16

monochromatic

#051322 #0E3157 #164E8C #1E6BC1 #3C8AE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.39

#164E8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#164E8C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164E8C

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164E8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164E8C	1.00	8.39	2.50	8.39
#FFFFFF	8.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E538E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#17498B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005D66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164e8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 78, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.117 254.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#697fae',
    500: '#164e8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164e8c;
$custom-light: #697fae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164e8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.525,
    "s": 72.84,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42337,
    "c": 0.11748,
    "h": 254.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164E8C

secondary

#C0823E

accent

#9938F0

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEEF4

border

#C7C9CE

text

#070A10

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #164E8C

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

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