#164A56#164A56

#164A56 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.057 H 216.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164A56
RGB	rgb(22, 74, 86)
HSL	hsl(191, 59%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(191, 74%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 14%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.75, -12.54, -12.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.75, 17.43, 223.97°)
OKLab	oklab(38.07% -0.0461 -0.0337)
OKLCH	oklch(38.07% 0.057 216.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.4587, 5.7395, 9.6751)
Luminance	0.0574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164A56 #562216

analogous

#165642 #164A56 #162A56

triadic

#164A56 #56164A #4A5616

tetradic

#164A56 #421656 #562216 #2A5616

square

#164A56 #421656 #562216 #2A5616

split-complementary

#164A56 #56162A #564216

monochromatic

#061518 #0A2025 #164A56 #227487 #2F9EB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.78

#164A56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#164A56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164A56

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164A56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164A56	1.00	9.78	2.15	9.78
#FFFFFF	9.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#424857

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#394156

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004E4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164a56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 74, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.057 216.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5d7c85',
    500: '#164a56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164a56;
$custom-light: #5d7c85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164a56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.25,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38075,
    "c": 0.05709,
    "h": 216.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164A56

secondary

#8D4A3A

accent

#6345E2

background

#F5F7F8

surface

#E9EEEF

border

#C5C9CA

text

#05090B

muted

#797B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #164A56

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

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