#164F72#164F72

#164F72 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.082 H 240.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164F72
RGB	rgb(22, 79, 114)
HSL	hsl(203, 68%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(203, 81%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.7%, 30.7%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.75, -4.96, -25.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.75, 25.71, 258.87°)
OKLab	oklab(40.91% -0.0403 -0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(40.91% 0.082 240.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.1629, 6.9767, 16.9382)
Luminance	0.0698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164F72 #723916

analogous

#167267 #164F72 #162172

triadic

#164F72 #72164F #4F7216

tetradic

#164F72 #671672 #723916 #217216

square

#164F72 #671672 #723916 #217216

split-complementary

#164F72 #721621 #726716

monochromatic

#05121A #0C2B3F #164F72 #2073A5 #2C96D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.77

#164F72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#164F72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164F72

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164F72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164F72	1.00	8.77	2.40	8.77
#FFFFFF	8.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F4F74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#324771

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00585B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164f72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 79, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.082 240.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#63809a',
    500: '#164f72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164f72;
$custom-light: #63809a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164f72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.826,
    "s": 67.647,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40911,
    "c": 0.08198,
    "h": 240.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164F72

secondary

#A8653C

accent

#7F3DEB

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#EBEEF2

border

#C6C9CC

text

#060A0E

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #164F72

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

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