#164F8E#164F8E

#164F8E is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.119 H 254.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164F8E
RGB	rgb(22, 79, 142)
HSL	hsl(212, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(212, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 44.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.38, 6.34, -39.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.38, 40.47, 279.02°)
OKLab	oklab(42.72% -0.0323 -0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(42.72% 0.119 254.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.0075, 7.7145, 26.6530)
Luminance	0.0772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164F8E #8E5516

analogous

#168B8E #164F8E #19168E

triadic

#164F8E #8E164F #4F8E16

tetradic

#164F8E #8E168B #8E5516 #168E19

square

#164F8E #8E168B #8E5516 #168E19

split-complementary

#164F8E #8E1916 #8B8E16

monochromatic

#061424 #0E3259 #164F8E #1E6CC3 #3D8BE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.26

#164F8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#164F8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164F8E

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164F8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164F8E	1.00	8.26	2.54	8.26
#FFFFFF	8.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F5490

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#174A8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164f8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 79, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.119 254.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#697faf',
    500: '#164f8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164f8e;
$custom-light: #697faf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164f8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42718,
    "c": 0.11905,
    "h": 254.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164F8E

secondary

#C1833F

accent

#9838F0

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEEF4

border

#C7C9CE

text

#070A10

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #164F8E

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

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