#164D5E#164D5E

#164D5E is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.062 H 222.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164D5E
RGB	rgb(22, 77, 94)
HSL	hsl(194, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(194, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 18.1%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.12, -11.40, -15.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.12, 18.94, 232.97°)
OKLab	oklab(39.29% -0.046 -0.0423)
OKLCH	oklch(39.29% 0.062 222.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.0043, 6.2859, 11.5371)
Luminance	0.0629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164D5E #5E2716

analogous

#165E4B #164D5E #16295E

triadic

#164D5E #5E164D #4D5E16

tetradic

#164D5E #4B165E #5E2716 #295E16

square

#164D5E #4B165E #5E2716 #295E16

split-complementary

#164D5E #5E1629 #5E4B16

monochromatic

#061419 #0A242C #164D5E #227690 #2D9EC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.30

#164D5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#164D5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164D5E

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164D5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164D5E	1.00	9.30	2.26	9.30
#FFFFFF	9.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#434B5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#39445E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005252

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164d5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 77, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.062 222.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f7e8b',
    500: '#164d5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164d5e;
$custom-light: #5f7e8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164d5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.167,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39294,
    "c": 0.06245,
    "h": 222.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164D5E

secondary

#95503B

accent

#6943E5

background

#F5F7F8

surface

#EAEEF0

border

#C6C9CB

text

#050A0C

muted

#797C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #164D5E

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

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