#164C5E#164C5E

#164C5E is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.063 H 224.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164C5E
RGB	rgb(22, 76, 94)
HSL	hsl(195, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(195, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 19.1%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.78, -10.80, -15.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.78, 19.01, 235.39°)
OKLab	oklab(39.02% -0.0448 -0.0438)
OKLCH	oklch(39.02% 0.063 224.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.9349, 6.1470, 11.5139)
Luminance	0.0615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164C5E #5E2816

analogous

#165E4C #164C5E #16285E

triadic

#164C5E #5E164C #4C5E16

tetradic

#164C5E #4C165E #5E2816 #285E16

square

#164C5E #4C165E #5E2816 #285E16

split-complementary

#164C5E #5E1628 #5E4C16

monochromatic

#061419 #0A242C #164C5E #227490 #2D9CC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.42

#164C5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#164C5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164C5E

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164C5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164C5E	1.00	9.42	2.23	9.42
#FFFFFF	9.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#424A5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#38435E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005152

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164c5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 76, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.063 224.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f7e8b',
    500: '#164c5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164c5e;
$custom-light: #5f7e8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164c5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3902,
    "c": 0.06266,
    "h": 224.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164C5E

secondary

#95513B

accent

#6B43E5

background

#F5F7F8

surface

#EAEEF0

border

#C6C9CB

text

#05090C

muted

#797B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #164C5E

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

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