#164E5C#164E5C

#164E5C is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.061 H 218.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164E5C
RGB	rgb(22, 78, 92)
HSL	hsl(192, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(192, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 15.2%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.38, -12.74, -13.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.38, 18.52, 226.56°)
OKLab	oklab(39.47% -0.048 -0.0375)
OKLCH	oklch(39.47% 0.061 218)
XYZ	xyz(4.9862, 6.3915, 11.0940)
Luminance	0.0639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164E5C #5C2416

analogous

#165C47 #164E5C #162B5C

triadic

#164E5C #5C164E #4E5C16

tetradic

#164E5C #47165C #5C2416 #2B5C16

square

#164E5C #47165C #5C2416 #2B5C16

split-complementary

#164E5C #5C162B #5C4716

monochromatic

#061519 #0A242B #164E5C #22788D #2EA2BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.22

#164E5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#164E5C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164E5C

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164E5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164E5C	1.00	9.22	2.28	9.22
#FFFFFF	9.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#454C5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B445C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005352

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164e5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 78, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.061 218.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f7f8a',
    500: '#164e5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164e5c;
$custom-light: #5f7f8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164e5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39472,
    "c": 0.06092,
    "h": 218
  },
  "luminance": 0.06392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164E5C

secondary

#934C3B

accent

#6443E5

background

#F5F7F8

surface

#EAEEF0

border

#C6C9CB

text

#050A0B

muted

#797C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #164E5C

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

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