#164F8C#164F8C

#164F8C is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.116 H 253.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164F8C
RGB	rgb(22, 79, 140)
HSL	hsl(211, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(211, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.3%, 43.6%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.25, 5.52, -38.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.25, 39.34, 278.07°)
OKLab	oklab(42.58% -0.0328 -0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(42.58% 0.116 253.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.8587, 7.6550, 25.8692)
Luminance	0.0766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164F8C #8C5316

analogous

#168A8C #164F8C #18168C

triadic

#164F8C #8C164F #4F8C16

tetradic

#164F8C #8C168A #8C5316 #168C18

square

#164F8C #8C168A #8C5316 #168C18

split-complementary

#164F8C #8C1816 #8A8C16

monochromatic

#051322 #0E3157 #164F8C #1E6DC1 #3C8BE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.30

#164F8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#164F8C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164F8C

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164F8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164F8C	1.00	8.30	2.53	8.30
#FFFFFF	8.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#30548E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A498B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164f8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 79, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.116 253.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#697fae',
    500: '#164f8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164f8c;
$custom-light: #697fae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164f8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.017,
    "s": 72.84,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42578,
    "c": 0.11629,
    "h": 253.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164F8C

secondary

#C0813E

accent

#9738F0

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEEF4

border

#C7C9CE

text

#070A10

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #164F8C

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

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