#164E90#164E90

#164E90 is a dark, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.123 H 255.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164E90
RGB	rgb(22, 78, 144)
HSL	hsl(212, 73%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(212, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.7%, 45.8%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.20, 7.83, -41.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.20, 42.21, 280.69°)
OKLab	oklab(42.62% -0.031 -0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(42.62% 0.123 255.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.0874, 7.6320, 27.4270)
Luminance	0.0763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164E90 #905816

analogous

#168B90 #164E90 #1B1690

triadic

#164E90 #90164E #4E9016

tetradic

#164E90 #90168B #905816 #16901B

square

#164E90 #90168B #905816 #16901B

split-complementary

#164E90 #901B16 #8B9016

monochromatic

#061426 #0E315B #164E90 #1E6BC5 #3F8AE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.31

#164E90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#164E90 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164E90

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164E90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164E90	1.00	8.31	2.53	8.31
#FFFFFF	8.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B5493

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F498F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164e90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 78, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.123 255.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a7fb1',
    500: '#164e90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164e90;
$custom-light: #6a7fb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164e90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.459,
    "s": 73.494,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42622,
    "c": 0.123,
    "h": 255.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164E90

secondary

#C28640

accent

#9B38F0

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEEF5

border

#C7C9CF

text

#080A11

muted

#7A7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #164E90

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

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