#164A5D#164A5D

#164A5D is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.062 H 226.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164A5D
RGB	rgb(22, 74, 93)
HSL	hsl(196, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(196, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 20.4%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.05, -9.96, -16.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.05, 18.95, 238.32°)
OKLab	oklab(38.42% -0.043 -0.0452)
OKLCH	oklch(38.42% 0.062 226.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.7546, 5.8579, 11.2339)
Luminance	0.0586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164A5D #5D2916

analogous

#165D4C #164A5D #16275D

triadic

#164A5D #5D164A #4A5D16

tetradic

#164A5D #4C165D #5D2916 #275D16

square

#164A5D #4C165D #5D2916 #275D16

split-complementary

#164A5D #5D1627 #5D4C16

monochromatic

#061419 #0A232C #164A5D #22718E #2D99C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.67

#164A5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#164A5D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164A5D

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164A5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164A5D	1.00	9.67	2.17	9.67
#FFFFFF	9.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#40485E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#36415D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005050

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164a5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 74, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.062 226.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e7c8b',
    500: '#164a5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164a5d;
$custom-light: #5e7c8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164a5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.056,
    "s": 61.739,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38422,
    "c": 0.06235,
    "h": 226.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164A5D

secondary

#94533B

accent

#6E43E5

background

#F5F7F8

surface

#EAEEF0

border

#C6C9CB

text

#05090C

muted

#797B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #164A5D

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

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