#164B57#164B57

#164B57 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.058 H 215.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164B57
RGB	rgb(22, 75, 87)
HSL	hsl(191, 60%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(191, 75%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 13.8%, 0%, 65.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.13, -12.77, -12.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.13, 17.63, 223.57°)
OKLab	oklab(38.4% -0.0468 -0.0338)
OKLCH	oklch(38.4% 0.058 215.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.5665, 5.8903, 9.9113)
Luminance	0.0589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164B57 #572216

analogous

#165743 #164B57 #162B57

triadic

#164B57 #57164B #4B5716

tetradic

#164B57 #431657 #572216 #2B5716

square

#164B57 #431657 #572216 #2B5716

split-complementary

#164B57 #57162B #574316

monochromatic

#061518 #0A2126 #164B57 #227588 #2F9FB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.64

#164B57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#164B57 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164B57

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164B57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164B57	1.00	9.64	2.18	9.64
#FFFFFF	9.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#434858

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A4257

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004F4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164b57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 75, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.058 215.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5d7d86',
    500: '#164b57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164b57;
$custom-light: #5d7d86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164b57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.077,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38402,
    "c": 0.05774,
    "h": 215.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164B57

secondary

#8E4A3A

accent

#6245E3

background

#F5F7F8

surface

#E9EEEF

border

#C5C9CA

text

#05090B

muted

#797B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #164B57

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

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