#164C60#164C60

#164C60 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.064 H 226.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164C60
RGB	rgb(22, 76, 96)
HSL	hsl(196, 63%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(196, 77%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.1%, 20.8%, 0%, 62.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.87, -10.05, -16.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.87, 19.56, 239.09°)
OKLab	oklab(39.12% -0.044 -0.047)
OKLCH	oklch(39.12% 0.064 226.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.0258, 6.1834, 11.9927)
Luminance	0.0618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164C60 #602A16

analogous

#16604F #164C60 #162760

triadic

#164C60 #60164C #4C6016

tetradic

#164C60 #4F1660 #602A16 #276016

square

#164C60 #4F1660 #602A16 #276016

split-complementary

#164C60 #601627 #604F16

monochromatic

#061419 #0B252E #164C60 #217392 #2D9BC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.39

#164C60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#164C60 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164C60

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164C60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164C60	1.00	9.39	2.24	9.39
#FFFFFF	9.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#414A61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#374360

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005253

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164c60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 76, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.064 226.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f7e8d',
    500: '#164c60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164c60;
$custom-light: #5f7e8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164c60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.216,
    "s": 62.712,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39122,
    "c": 0.06439,
    "h": 226.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164C60

secondary

#97543B

accent

#6E42E6

background

#F5F7F8

surface

#EAEEF0

border

#C6C9CB

text

#05090C

muted

#797B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #164C60

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

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