#164E63#164E63

#164E63 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.066 H 227.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164E63
RGB	rgb(22, 78, 99)
HSL	hsl(196, 64%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(196, 78%, 39%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.8%, 21.2%, 0%, 61.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.69, -10.14, -17.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.69, 20.16, 239.81°)
OKLab	oklab(39.82% -0.045 -0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(39.82% 0.066 227.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.3065, 6.5196, 12.7807)
Luminance	0.0652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164E63 #632B16

analogous

#166351 #164E63 #162763

triadic

#164E63 #63164E #4E6316

tetradic

#164E63 #511663 #632B16 #276316

square

#164E63 #511663 #632B16 #276316

split-complementary

#164E63 #631627 #635116

monochromatic

#061419 #0B2731 #164E63 #217595 #2C9DC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.11

#164E63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#164E63 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164E63

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164E63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164E63	1.00	9.11	2.30	9.11
#FFFFFF	9.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#434C64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#384563

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005455

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164e63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 78, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.066 227.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#607f8f',
    500: '#164e63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164e63;
$custom-light: #607f8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164e63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 23.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39821,
    "c": 0.06641,
    "h": 227.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164E63

secondary

#9A553B

accent

#6E41E7

background

#F6F7F8

surface

#EBEEF0

border

#C6C9CB

text

#050A0C

muted

#7A7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #164E63

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

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