#164F9E#164F9E

#164F9E is a dark, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.141 H 258.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164F9E
RGB	rgb(22, 79, 158)
HSL	hsl(215, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(215, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.1%, 50%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.46, 12.88, -47.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.46, 49.64, 285.04°)
OKLab	oklab(43.9% -0.0293 -0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(43.9% 0.141 258)
XYZ	xyz(9.2961, 8.2300, 33.4397)
Luminance	0.0823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164F9E #9E6516

analogous

#16939E #164F9E #21169E

triadic

#164F9E #9E164F #4F9E16

tetradic

#164F9E #9E1693 #9E6516 #169E21

square

#164F9E #9E1693 #9E6516 #169E21

split-complementary

#164F9E #9E2116 #939E16

monochromatic

#071933 #0F3468 #164F9E #1D6AD4 #498BE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.94

#164F9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.65

#164F9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164F9E

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164F9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164F9E	1.00	7.94	2.65	7.94
#FFFFFF	7.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F57A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004B9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00626F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164f9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 79, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.141 258.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d7fbb',
    500: '#164f9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164f9e;
$custom-light: #6d7fbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164f9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.853,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43895,
    "c": 0.1411,
    "h": 258
  },
  "luminance": 0.08231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164F9E

secondary

#C79249

accent

#A336F2

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF6

border

#C8C9D0

text

#080A12

muted

#7B7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #164F9E

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

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