#164F74#164F74

#164F74 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.084 H 242.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164F74
RGB	rgb(22, 79, 116)
HSL	hsl(204, 68%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(204, 81%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(81%, 31.9%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.86, -4.17, -26.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.86, 26.65, 260.99°)
OKLab	oklab(41.03% -0.0396 -0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(41.03% 0.084 242)
XYZ	xyz(6.2780, 7.0227, 17.5443)
Luminance	0.0702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164F74 #743B16

analogous

#16746A #164F74 #162074

triadic

#164F74 #74164F #4F7416

tetradic

#164F74 #6A1674 #743B16 #207416

square

#164F74 #6A1674 #743B16 #207416

split-complementary

#164F74 #741620 #746A16

monochromatic

#05121A #0C2C41 #164F74 #2072A7 #2D94D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.73

#164F74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#164F74 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164F74

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164F74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164F74	1.00	8.73	2.40	8.73
#FFFFFF	8.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E5076

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#314773

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00585C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164f74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 79, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.084 242.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#63809c',
    500: '#164f74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164f74;
$custom-light: #63809c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164f74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.617,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41029,
    "c": 0.08442,
    "h": 242
  },
  "luminance": 0.07023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164F74

secondary

#AA673C

accent

#813DEB

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#EBEEF2

border

#C6C9CC

text

#060A0E

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #164F74

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

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