#164257

Color #164257

A moderately saturated dark cyan.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 10.11 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-900 #104e64 · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#164257

RGB

rgb(22, 66, 87)

HSL

hsl(199.4, 59.6%, 21.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(199.4, 74.7%, 34.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(74.7%, 24.1%, 0%, 65.9%)

LAB

lab(26.02, -7.24, -16.94)

LCH

lch(26.02, 18.42, 246.86)

OKLCH

oklch(35.9%, 0.0597, 232.69)

HWB

hwb(199.4, 8.6%, 65.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#572b16

Analogous

#16574c

#164257

#162257

Triadic

#164257

#571642

#425716

Split-complementary

#164257

#571622

#574c16

Tetradic

#164257

#2b1657

#572b16

#425716

Square

#164257

#4c1657

#572b16

#225716

Shades

Color #164257 mixed toward black.

#123749

#0f2c3a

#0b212c

#07161d

#040b0f

Tints

Color #164257 mixed toward white.

#246b8c

#3193c2

#5fb0d7

#94cae4

#cae5f2

Tones

Color #164257 mixed toward gray.

#1b4052

#213e4c

#263c47

#2c3a41

#31383c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

10.76:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.95:1

White text reads better on this background (10.76:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#2f2f52 · ΔE 16.9

Deuteranopia

#2c2951 · ΔE 17.8

Tritanopia

#1a4f4e · ΔE 13.1

Achromatopsia

#3e3e3e · ΔE 13.8

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #164257;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#164257]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Charcoal #36454f

Light Blue #add8e6

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#164257 (#164257) is rgb(22, 66, 87) in RGB.

No, #164257 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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