#164959#164959

#164959 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.059 H 222.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164959
RGB	rgb(22, 73, 89)
HSL	hsl(194, 60%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(194, 75%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 18%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.53, -10.84, -14.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.53, 18.00, 232.96°)
OKLab	oklab(37.94% -0.0435 -0.0401)
OKLCH	oklch(37.94% 0.059 222.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.5159, 5.6564, 10.3031)
Luminance	0.0566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164959 #592616

analogous

#165948 #164959 #162859

triadic

#164959 #591649 #495916

tetradic

#164959 #481659 #592616 #285916

square

#164959 #481659 #592616 #285916

split-complementary

#164959 #591628 #594816

monochromatic

#061419 #0A2128 #164959 #22718A #2E99BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.85

#164959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#164959 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164959

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164959	1.00	9.85	2.13	9.85
#FFFFFF	9.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#40475A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#364059

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004E4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 73, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.059 222.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e7b88',
    500: '#164959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164959;
$custom-light: #5e7b88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.328,
    "s": 60.36,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37944,
    "c": 0.05923,
    "h": 222.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164959

secondary

#904F3B

accent

#6A44E4

background

#F5F7F8

surface

#E9EEEF

border

#C5C9CA

text

#05090B

muted

#797B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #164959

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

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