#164E8F#164E8F

#164E8F is a dark, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.122 H 255.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164E8F
RGB	rgb(22, 78, 143)
HSL	hsl(212, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(212, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.6%, 45.5%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.14, 7.42, -40.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.14, 41.64, 280.27°)
OKLab	oklab(42.55% -0.0313 -0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(42.55% 0.122 255.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.0113, 7.6015, 27.0263)
Luminance	0.0760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164E8F #8F5716

analogous

#168B8F #164E8F #1A168F

triadic

#164E8F #8F164E #4E8F16

tetradic

#164E8F #8F168B #8F5716 #168F1A

square

#164E8F #8F168B #8F5716 #168F1A

split-complementary

#164E8F #8F1A16 #8B8F16

monochromatic

#061425 #0E315A #164E8F #1E6BC4 #3E8AE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.33

#164E8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#164E8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164E8F

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164E8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164E8F	1.00	8.33	2.52	8.33
#FFFFFF	8.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C5491

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#12498E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164e8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 78, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.122 255.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#697fb0',
    500: '#164e8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164e8f;
$custom-light: #697fb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164e8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.231,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42551,
    "c": 0.12163,
    "h": 255.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164E8F

secondary

#C1853F

accent

#9B38F0

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEEF5

border

#C7C9CF

text

#070A10

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #164E8F

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

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