#164C59#164C59

#164C59 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.059 H 217.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164C59
RGB	rgb(22, 76, 89)
HSL	hsl(192, 60%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(192, 75%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 14.6%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.56, -12.64, -12.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.56, 17.98, 225.30°)
OKLab	oklab(38.78% -0.047 -0.0356)
OKLCH	oklch(38.78% 0.059 217.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.7177, 6.0602, 10.3704)
Luminance	0.0606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164C59 #592316

analogous

#165945 #164C59 #162B59

triadic

#164C59 #59164C #4C5916

tetradic

#164C59 #451659 #592316 #2B5916

square

#164C59 #451659 #592316 #2B5916

split-complementary

#164C59 #59162B #594516

monochromatic

#061519 #0A2228 #164C59 #22768A #2EA0BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.49

#164C59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#164C59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164C59

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164C59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164C59	1.00	9.49	2.21	9.49
#FFFFFF	9.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#434A5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A4359

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005150

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164c59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 76, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.059 217.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e7e88',
    500: '#164c59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164c59;
$custom-light: #5e7e88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164c59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.642,
    "s": 60.36,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38775,
    "c": 0.05901,
    "h": 217.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164C59

secondary

#904B3B

accent

#6344E4

background

#F5F7F8

surface

#EAEEEF

border

#C6C9CA

text

#050A0B

muted

#797C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #164C59

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

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