#164E5E#164E5E

#164E5E is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.062 H 220.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164E5E
RGB	rgb(22, 78, 94)
HSL	hsl(193, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(193, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 17%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.46, -12.00, -14.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.46, 18.89, 230.56°)
OKLab	oklab(39.57% -0.0471 -0.0408)
OKLCH	oklch(39.57% 0.062 220.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.0748, 6.4269, 11.5606)
Luminance	0.0643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164E5E #5E2616

analogous

#165E4A #164E5E #162A5E

triadic

#164E5E #5E164E #4E5E16

tetradic

#164E5E #4A165E #5E2616 #2A5E16

square

#164E5E #4A165E #5E2616 #2A5E16

split-complementary

#164E5E #5E162A #5E4A16

monochromatic

#061519 #0A252C #164E5E #227790 #2DA0C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.19

#164E5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#164E5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164E5E

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164E5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164E5E	1.00	9.19	2.29	9.19
#FFFFFF	9.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#444C5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A455E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005353

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164e5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 78, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.062 220.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f7f8b',
    500: '#164e5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164e5e;
$custom-light: #5f7f8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164e5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.333,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39569,
    "c": 0.0623,
    "h": 220.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164E5E

secondary

#954F3B

accent

#6743E5

background

#F5F7F8

surface

#EAEEF0

border

#C6C9CB

text

#050A0C

muted

#797C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #164E5E

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

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