#164F8F#164F8F

#164F8F is a dark, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.120 H 254.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164F8F
RGB	rgb(22, 79, 143)
HSL	hsl(212, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(212, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.6%, 44.8%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.45, 6.75, -40.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.45, 41.04, 279.47°)
OKLab	oklab(42.79% -0.0321 -0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(42.79% 0.12 254.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.0829, 7.7447, 27.0501)
Luminance	0.0775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164F8F #8F5616

analogous

#168B8F #164F8F #1A168F

triadic

#164F8F #8F164F #4F8F16

tetradic

#164F8F #8F168B #8F5616 #168F1A

square

#164F8F #8F168B #8F5616 #168F1A

split-complementary

#164F8F #8F1A16 #8B8F16

monochromatic

#061425 #0E325A #164F8F #1E6CC4 #3E8BE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.24

#164F8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#164F8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164F8F

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164F8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164F8F	1.00	8.24	2.55	8.24
#FFFFFF	8.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E5491

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#154A8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164f8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 79, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.120 254.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#697fb0',
    500: '#164f8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164f8f;
$custom-light: #697fb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164f8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.736,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42788,
    "c": 0.12042,
    "h": 254.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164F8F

secondary

#C1843F

accent

#9938F0

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEEF5

border

#C7C9CF

text

#070A10

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #164F8F

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

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