#164D5B#164D5B

#164D5B is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.060 H 218.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164D5B
RGB	rgb(22, 77, 91)
HSL	hsl(192, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(192, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.8%, 15.4%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.99, -12.51, -13.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.99, 18.33, 226.97°)
OKLab	oklab(39.15% -0.0473 -0.0374)
OKLCH	oklch(39.15% 0.06 218.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.8723, 6.2331, 10.8418)
Luminance	0.0623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164D5B #5B2416

analogous

#165B47 #164D5B #162B5B

triadic

#164D5B #5B164D #4D5B16

tetradic

#164D5B #47165B #5B2416 #2B5B16

square

#164D5B #47165B #5B2416 #2B5B16

split-complementary

#164D5B #5B162B #5B4716

monochromatic

#061519 #0A232A #164D5B #22778C #2EA0BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.35

#164D5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#164D5B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164D5B

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164D5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164D5B	1.00	9.35	2.25	9.35
#FFFFFF	9.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#444B5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A445B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005251

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164d5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 77, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.060 218.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e7f89',
    500: '#164d5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164d5b;
$custom-light: #5e7f89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164d5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.174,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39148,
    "c": 0.06029,
    "h": 218.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164D5B

secondary

#924C3B

accent

#6444E4

background

#F5F7F8

surface

#EAEEF0

border

#C6C9CB

text

#050A0B

muted

#797C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #164D5B

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

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