#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
RGB	rgb(22, 78, 141)
HSL	hsl(212, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(212, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.4%, 44.7%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.01, 6.60, -39.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.01, 40.50, 279.38°)
OKLab	oklab(42.41% -0.0317 -0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(42.41% 0.119 254.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.8612, 7.5415, 26.2355)
Luminance	0.0754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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
##164E8D	1.00	8.37	2.51	8.37
#FFFFFF	8.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #164E8D

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

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