#164E8D#164E8D

#164E8D is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.119 H 254.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#164E8D
RGBrgb(22, 78, 141)
HSLhsl(212, 73%, 32%)
HSVhsv(212, 84%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(84.4%, 44.7%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LABlab(33.01, 6.60, -39.95)
CIE-LCHlch(33.01, 40.50, 279.38°)
OKLaboklab(42.41% -0.0317 -0.1145)
OKLCHoklch(42.41% 0.119 254.5)
XYZxyz(7.8612, 7.5415, 26.2355)
Luminance0.0754 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#164E8D #8D5516
analogous
#168A8D #164E8D #1A168D
triadic
#164E8D #8D164E #4E8D16
tetradic
#164E8D #8D168A #8D5516 #168D1A
square
#164E8D #8D168A #8D5516 #168D1A
split-complementary
#164E8D #8D1A16 #8A8D16
monochromatic
#051323 #0E3158 #164E8D #1E6BC2 #3D8AE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.37
#164E8D on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51
#164E8D on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164E8D
8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##164E8D#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##164E8D1.008.372.518.37
#FFFFFF8.371.0021.001.00
#0000002.5121.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.371.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#2E538F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#16498C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#005D66
Achromatopsia (no color)
#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #164e8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 78, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.119 254.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#697faf',
    500: '#164e8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #164e8d;
$custom-light: #697faf;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#164e8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.765,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42408,
    "c": 0.11885,
    "h": 254.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#164E8D
secondary
#C1833E
accent
#9938F0
background
#F6F7FA
surface
#ECEEF4
border
#C7C9CE
text
#070A10
muted
#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

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#164E8D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva