#164A5A#164A5A

#164A5A is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.060 H 222.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164A5A
RGB	rgb(22, 74, 90)
HSL	hsl(194, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(194, 76%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 17.8%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.92, -11.07, -14.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.92, 18.17, 232.46°)
OKLab	oklab(38.27% -0.0443 -0.0403)
OKLCH	oklch(38.27% 0.06 222.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.6244, 5.8058, 10.5478)
Luminance	0.0581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164A5A #5A2616

analogous

#165A48 #164A5A #16285A

triadic

#164A5A #5A164A #4A5A16

tetradic

#164A5A #48165A #5A2616 #285A16

square

#164A5A #48165A #5A2616 #285A16

split-complementary

#164A5A #5A1628 #5A4816

monochromatic

#061419 #0A2229 #164A5A #22728B #2E9BBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.72

#164A5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#164A5A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164A5A

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164A5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164A5A	1.00	9.72	2.16	9.72
#FFFFFF	9.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#41485B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#37415A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004F4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164a5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 74, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.060 222.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e7c88',
    500: '#164a5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164a5a;
$custom-light: #5e7c88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164a5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.118,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3827,
    "c": 0.05985,
    "h": 222.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164A5A

secondary

#914F3B

accent

#6A44E4

background

#F5F7F8

surface

#EAEEEF

border

#C6C9CA

text

#05090B

muted

#797B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #164A5A

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

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