#164E65#164E65

#164E65 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.068 H 229.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164E65
RGB	rgb(22, 78, 101)
HSL	hsl(197, 64%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(197, 78%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.2%, 22.8%, 0%, 60.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.78, -9.38, -18.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.78, 20.79, 243.18°)
OKLab	oklab(39.92% -0.0441 -0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(39.92% 0.068 229.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.4033, 6.5583, 13.2905)
Luminance	0.0656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164E65 #652D16

analogous

#166555 #164E65 #162765

triadic

#164E65 #65164E #4E6516

tetradic

#164E65 #551665 #652D16 #276516

square

#164E65 #551665 #652D16 #276516

split-complementary

#164E65 #651627 #655516

monochromatic

#051319 #0B2733 #164E65 #217597 #2C9CCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.08

#164E65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#164E65 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164E65

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164E65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164E65	1.00	9.08	2.31	9.08
#FFFFFF	9.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#424D66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#374565

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005456

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164e65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 78, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.068 229.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#607f91',
    500: '#164e65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164e65;
$custom-light: #607f91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164e65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.468,
    "s": 64.228,
    "l": 24.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39925,
    "c": 0.06829,
    "h": 229.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164E65

secondary

#9C573B

accent

#7141E7

background

#F6F7F8

surface

#EBEEF0

border

#C6C9CB

text

#050A0C

muted

#7A7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #164E65

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

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