#164B59#164B59

#164B59 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.059 H 219.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164B59
RGB	rgb(22, 75, 89)
HSL	hsl(193, 60%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(193, 75%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 15.7%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.22, -12.05, -13.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.22, 17.95, 227.84°)
OKLab	oklab(38.5% -0.0459 -0.0371)
OKLCH	oklch(38.5% 0.059 219)
XYZ	xyz(4.6494, 5.9235, 10.3476)
Luminance	0.0592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164B59 #592416

analogous

#165946 #164B59 #162A59

triadic

#164B59 #59164B #4B5916

tetradic

#164B59 #461659 #592416 #2A5916

square

#164B59 #461659 #592416 #2A5916

split-complementary

#164B59 #59162A #594616

monochromatic

#061519 #0A2228 #164B59 #22748A #2E9EBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.61

#164B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#164B59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164B59

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164B59	1.00	9.61	2.18	9.61
#FFFFFF	9.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#42495A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#394259

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00504F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 75, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.059 219.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e7d88',
    500: '#164b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164b59;
$custom-light: #5e7d88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.537,
    "s": 60.36,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38497,
    "c": 0.05902,
    "h": 219
  },
  "luminance": 0.05924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164B59

secondary

#904C3B

accent

#6644E4

background

#F5F7F8

surface

#E9EEEF

border

#C5C9CA

text

#05090B

muted

#797B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #164B59

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

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