#164E8E#164E8E

#164E8E is a dark, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.120 H 254.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164E8E
RGB	rgb(22, 78, 142)
HSL	hsl(212, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(212, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 45.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.07, 7.01, -40.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.07, 41.07, 279.83°)
OKLab	oklab(42.48% -0.0315 -0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(42.48% 0.12 254.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.9359, 7.5714, 26.6291)
Luminance	0.0757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164E8E #8E5616

analogous

#168A8E #164E8E #1A168E

triadic

#164E8E #8E164E #4E8E16

tetradic

#164E8E #8E168A #8E5616 #168E1A

square

#164E8E #8E168A #8E5616 #168E1A

split-complementary

#164E8E #8E1A16 #8A8E16

monochromatic

#061424 #0E3159 #164E8E #1E6BC3 #3D8AE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.35

#164E8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#164E8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164E8E

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164E8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164E8E	1.00	8.35	2.51	8.35
#FFFFFF	8.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D5490

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#14498D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005D67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164e8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 78, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.120 254.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#697faf',
    500: '#164e8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164e8e;
$custom-light: #697faf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164e8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42479,
    "c": 0.12024,
    "h": 254.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164E8E

secondary

#C1843F

accent

#9A38F0

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEEF4

border

#C7C9CE

text

#070A10

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #164E8E

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

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