#164A5B#164A5B

#164A5B is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.061 H 223.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164A5B
RGB	rgb(22, 74, 91)
HSL	hsl(195, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(195, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.8%, 18.7%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.96, -10.70, -14.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.96, 18.42, 234.46°)
OKLab	oklab(38.32% -0.0438 -0.0419)
OKLCH	oklch(38.32% 0.061 223.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.6672, 5.8229, 10.7735)
Luminance	0.0582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164A5B #5B2716

analogous

#165B4A #164A5B #16275B

triadic

#164A5B #5B164A #4A5B16

tetradic

#164A5B #4A165B #5B2716 #275B16

square

#164A5B #4A165B #5B2716 #275B16

split-complementary

#164A5B #5B1627 #5B4A16

monochromatic

#061419 #0A222A #164A5B #22728C #2E9ABE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.70

#164A5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#164A5B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164A5B

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164A5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164A5B	1.00	9.70	2.16	9.70
#FFFFFF	9.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#40485C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#37415B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004F4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164a5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 74, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.061 223.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e7c89',
    500: '#164a5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164a5b;
$custom-light: #5e7c89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164a5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.783,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3832,
    "c": 0.06064,
    "h": 223.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164A5B

secondary

#92503B

accent

#6B44E4

background

#F5F7F8

surface

#EAEEF0

border

#C6C9CB

text

#05090B

muted

#797B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #164A5B

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

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