#164D59#164D59

#164D59 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.059 H 215.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164D59
RGB	rgb(22, 77, 89)
HSL	hsl(191, 60%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(191, 75%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 13.5%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.91, -13.23, -12.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.91, 18.03, 222.79°)
OKLab	oklab(39.05% -0.0482 -0.0341)
OKLCH	oklch(39.05% 0.059 215.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.7872, 6.1991, 10.3935)
Luminance	0.0620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164D59 #592216

analogous

#165944 #164D59 #162C59

triadic

#164D59 #59164D #4D5916

tetradic

#164D59 #441659 #592216 #2C5916

square

#164D59 #441659 #592216 #2C5916

split-complementary

#164D59 #59162C #594416

monochromatic

#061519 #0A2328 #164D59 #22778A #2EA2BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.38

#164D59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#164D59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164D59

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164D59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164D59	1.00	9.38	2.24	9.38
#FFFFFF	9.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#454A5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B4359

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005151

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164d59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 77, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.059 215.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e7f88',
    500: '#164d59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164d59;
$custom-light: #5e7f88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164d59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.746,
    "s": 60.36,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39052,
    "c": 0.05906,
    "h": 215.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164D59

secondary

#904A3B

accent

#6144E4

background

#F5F7F8

surface

#EAEEEF

border

#C6C9CA

text

#050A0B

muted

#797C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #164D59

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

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