#164E60#164E60

#164E60 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.064 H 223.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164E60
RGB	rgb(22, 78, 96)
HSL	hsl(195, 63%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(195, 77%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.1%, 18.7%, 0%, 62.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.55, -11.26, -15.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.55, 19.35, 234.40°)
OKLab	oklab(39.67% -0.0462 -0.044)
OKLCH	oklch(39.67% 0.064 223.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.1657, 6.4633, 12.0394)
Luminance	0.0646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164E60 #602816

analogous

#16604D #164E60 #162960

triadic

#164E60 #60164E #4E6016

tetradic

#164E60 #4D1660 #602816 #296016

square

#164E60 #4D1660 #602816 #296016

split-complementary

#164E60 #601629 #604D16

monochromatic

#061419 #0B262E #164E60 #217692 #2D9FC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.16

#164E60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#164E60 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164E60

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164E60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164E60	1.00	9.16	2.29	9.16
#FFFFFF	9.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#444C61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A4560

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005354

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164e60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 78, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.064 223.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f7f8d',
    500: '#164e60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164e60;
$custom-light: #5f7f8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164e60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.595,
    "s": 62.712,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39668,
    "c": 0.06384,
    "h": 223.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164E60

secondary

#97513B

accent

#6A42E6

background

#F5F7F8

surface

#EAEEF0

border

#C6C9CB

text

#050A0C

muted

#797C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #164E60

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

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