#164F8D#164F8D

#164F8D is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.118 H 254.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164F8D
RGB	rgb(22, 79, 141)
HSL	hsl(211, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(211, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.4%, 44%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.32, 5.93, -39.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.32, 39.90, 278.55°)
OKLab	oklab(42.65% -0.0325 -0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(42.65% 0.118 254)
XYZ	xyz(7.9328, 7.6846, 26.2593)
Luminance	0.0769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164F8D #8D5416

analogous

#168A8D #164F8D #19168D

triadic

#164F8D #8D164F #4F8D16

tetradic

#164F8D #8D168A #8D5416 #168D19

square

#164F8D #8D168A #8D5416 #168D19

split-complementary

#164F8D #8D1916 #8A8D16

monochromatic

#051423 #0E3158 #164F8D #1E6DC2 #3D8BE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.28

#164F8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#164F8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164F8D

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164F8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164F8D	1.00	8.28	2.54	8.28
#FFFFFF	8.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F548F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#19498C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164f8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 79, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.118 254.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#697faf',
    500: '#164f8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164f8d;
$custom-light: #697faf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164f8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.261,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42648,
    "c": 0.11767,
    "h": 254
  },
  "luminance": 0.07686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164F8D

secondary

#C1823E

accent

#9838F0

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEEF4

border

#C7C9CE

text

#070A10

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #164F8D

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

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