#164F79#164F79

#164F79 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.091 H 245.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164F79
RGB	rgb(22, 79, 121)
HSL	hsl(205, 69%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(205, 82%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.8%, 34.7%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.13, -2.18, -29.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.13, 29.09, 265.70°)
OKLab	oklab(41.33% -0.0379 -0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(41.33% 0.091 245.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.5767, 7.1422, 19.1174)
Luminance	0.0714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164F79 #794016

analogous

#167972 #164F79 #161D79

triadic

#164F79 #79164F #4F7916

tetradic

#164F79 #721679 #794016 #1D7916

square

#164F79 #721679 #794016 #1D7916

split-complementary

#164F79 #79161D #797216

monochromatic

#05111A #0D2D45 #164F79 #1F71AD #3092D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.65

#164F79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#164F79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164F79

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164F79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164F79	1.00	8.65	2.43	8.65
#FFFFFF	8.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B517B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D4778

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00595E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164f79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 79, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.091 245.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6480a0',
    500: '#164f79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164f79;
$custom-light: #6480a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164f79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.455,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4133,
    "c": 0.09075,
    "h": 245.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164F79

secondary

#AE6D3D

accent

#873CEC

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#EBEEF2

border

#C6C9CC

text

#060A0E

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #164F79

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

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