#164E62#164E62

#164E62 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.066 H 226.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164E62
RGB	rgb(22, 78, 98)
HSL	hsl(196, 63%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(196, 78%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.6%, 20.4%, 0%, 61.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.64, -10.51, -16.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.64, 19.87, 238.06°)
OKLab	oklab(39.77% -0.0454 -0.0473)
OKLCH	oklch(39.77% 0.066 226.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.2590, 6.5006, 12.5305)
Luminance	0.0650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164E62 #622A16

analogous

#166250 #164E62 #162862

triadic

#164E62 #62164E #4E6216

tetradic

#164E62 #501662 #622A16 #286216

square

#164E62 #501662 #622A16 #286216

split-complementary

#164E62 #621628 #625016

monochromatic

#061419 #0B2630 #164E62 #217694 #2C9EC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.13

#164E62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#164E62 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164E62

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164E62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164E62	1.00	9.13	2.30	9.13
#FFFFFF	9.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#434C63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#394562

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005455

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164e62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 78, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.066 226.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#607f8e',
    500: '#164e62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164e62;
$custom-light: #607f8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164e62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.789,
    "s": 63.333,
    "l": 23.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39769,
    "c": 0.06552,
    "h": 226.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164E62

secondary

#99543B

accent

#6D41E6

background

#F5F7F8

surface

#EAEEF0

border

#C6C9CB

text

#050A0C

muted

#797C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #164E62

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

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