#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
RGBrgb(22, 78, 142)
HSLhsl(212, 73%, 32%)
HSVhsv(212, 85%, 56%)
CMYKcmyk(84.5%, 45.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LABlab(33.07, 7.01, -40.46)
CIE-LCHlch(33.07, 41.07, 279.83°)
OKLaboklab(42.48% -0.0315 -0.116)
OKLCHoklch(42.48% 0.12 254.8)
XYZxyz(7.9359, 7.5714, 26.6291)
Luminance0.0757 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##164E8E1.008.352.518.35
#FFFFFF8.351.0021.001.00
#0000002.5121.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.351.0021.001.00

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

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#164E8E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva