#164E5F#164E5F

#164E5F is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.063 H 222.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164E5F
RGB	rgb(22, 78, 95)
HSL	hsl(194, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(194, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 17.9%, 0%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.51, -11.63, -15.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.51, 19.11, 232.50°)
OKLab	oklab(39.62% -0.0467 -0.0424)
OKLCH	oklch(39.62% 0.063 222.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.1200, 6.4450, 11.7984)
Luminance	0.0645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164E5F #5F2716

analogous

#165F4B #164E5F #16295F

triadic

#164E5F #5F164E #4E5F16

tetradic

#164E5F #4B165F #5F2716 #295F16

square

#164E5F #4B165F #5F2716 #295F16

split-complementary

#164E5F #5F1629 #5F4B16

monochromatic

#061419 #0A252D #164E5F #227791 #2DA0C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.17

#164E5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#164E5F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164E5F

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164E5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164E5F	1.00	9.17	2.29	9.17
#FFFFFF	9.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#444C60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A455F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005353

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164e5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 78, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.063 222.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f7f8c',
    500: '#164e5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164e5f;
$custom-light: #5f7f8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164e5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.973,
    "s": 62.393,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39618,
    "c": 0.06305,
    "h": 222.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164E5F

secondary

#96503B

accent

#6842E5

background

#F5F7F8

surface

#EAEEF0

border

#C6C9CB

text

#050A0C

muted

#797C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #164E5F

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

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