#164E99#164E99

#164E99 is a dark, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.135 H 257.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164E99
RGB	rgb(22, 78, 153)
HSL	hsl(214, 75%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(214, 86%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.6%, 49%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.81, 11.51, -45.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.81, 47.39, 284.06°)
OKLab	oklab(43.29% -0.0294 -0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(43.29% 0.135 257.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.8029, 7.9182, 31.1952)
Luminance	0.0792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164E99 #996116

analogous

#169099 #164E99 #201699

triadic

#164E99 #99164E #4E9916

tetradic

#164E99 #991690 #996116 #169920

square

#164E99 #991690 #996116 #169920

split-complementary

#164E99 #992016 #909916

monochromatic

#07172E #0E3363 #164E99 #1E69CF #4589E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.13

#164E99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#164E99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164E99

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164E99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164E99	1.00	8.13	2.58	8.13
#FFFFFF	8.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#22569C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004A98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00606C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164e99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 78, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.135 257.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c7eb8',
    500: '#164e99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164e99;
$custom-light: #6c7eb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164e99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.351,
    "s": 74.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43287,
    "c": 0.13546,
    "h": 257.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164E99

secondary

#C58F46

accent

#A136F1

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF6

border

#C8C9D0

text

#080A11

muted

#7B7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #164E99

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

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