#164B5E#164B5E

#164B5E is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.063 H 226.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164B5E
RGB	rgb(22, 75, 94)
HSL	hsl(196, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(196, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 20.2%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.44, -10.19, -16.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.44, 19.12, 237.78°)
OKLab	oklab(38.75% -0.0437 -0.0453)
OKLCH	oklch(38.75% 0.063 226)
XYZ	xyz(4.8665, 6.0103, 11.4911)
Luminance	0.0601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164B5E #5E2916

analogous

#165E4D #164B5E #16275E

triadic

#164B5E #5E164B #4B5E16

tetradic

#164B5E #4D165E #5E2916 #275E16

square

#164B5E #4D165E #5E2916 #275E16

split-complementary

#164B5E #5E1627 #5E4D16

monochromatic

#061419 #0A232C #164B5E #227390 #2D9AC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.54

#164B5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#164B5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164B5E

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164B5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164B5E	1.00	9.54	2.20	9.54
#FFFFFF	9.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#41495F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#37425E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005151

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164b5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 75, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.063 226.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f7d8b',
    500: '#164b5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164b5e;
$custom-light: #5f7d8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164b5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.833,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38747,
    "c": 0.06293,
    "h": 226
  },
  "luminance": 0.06011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164B5E

secondary

#95533B

accent

#6E43E5

background

#F5F7F8

surface

#EAEEF0

border

#C6C9CB

text

#05090C

muted

#797B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #164B5E

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

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