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#64837a

a balanced, muted cyan · cool · closest name: Cadet Blue

Token name suggestion: Signal Teal

RGB
100, 131, 122
HSL
163°, 13%, 45%
CMYK
24, 0, 7, 49
Luminance
0.2035

#64837a is a balanced muted cyan, 163° on the wheel and 62/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (5.07:1). As text it scores 4.14:1 on white — large text only. Nearest name is Cadet Blue, nearest Tailwind family is neutral.

hsl(163 13% 45%)rgb(100 131 122)Base step 600AA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #64837a is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#64837a
Hue
163°
cyan
Saturation
13%
muted
Lightness
45%
balanced
Brightness
51%
HSV value
Perceived
48%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.2035
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
62/100 cool
Color family
Cyan
Tone
Muted
Best ink
Black
5.07:1
Closest name
Cadet Blue
ΔE2000 11.2
Chroma
13.1
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.583
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
neutral
500 · ΔE 14.1
Web-safe
#669966
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue163° of 360°
Saturation13%
Lightness45%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #64837a.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool62% cool

Reads cool. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red13%
Green80%
Blue7%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#64837a
HEX (8-digit)#64837aff
RGBrgb(100, 131, 122)
RGBArgba(100, 131, 122, 1)
HSLhsl(163, 13%, 45%)
HSV / HSBhsv(163, 24%, 51%)
HWBhwb(163 39% 49%)
CMYKcmyk(24%, 0%, 7%, 49%)
LABlab(52.2 -13.0 1.3)
LCHlch(52.2 13.1 174.4)
OKLCHoklch(0.583 0.038 175.2)
XYZ (D65)xyz(16.88, 20.35, 21.45)
Decimal6587258
Display P3color(display-p3 0.392 0.514 0.478)
Web-safe#669966

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #64837a;
background-color: #64837a;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #64837a;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#64837a] bg-[#64837a]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #64837a;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.392, green: 0.514, blue: 0.478)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.392, green: 0.514, blue: 0.478, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#64837A</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF64837A)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF64837A)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(122, 131, 100)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(100, 131, 122)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(100, 131, 122)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 100, 131, 122)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.3922f, 0.5137f, 0.4784f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{100,131,122}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #64837a 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #64837a 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#374843, #DCE5E2);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #64837a h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F7F8F8;
  --brand-100: #EEF1F0;
  --brand-200: #DAE2DF;
  --brand-300: #BFCECA;
  --brand-400: #A0B6B0;
  --brand-500: #809E95;
  --brand-600: #64837a;
  --brand-700: #58746C;
  --brand-800: #475D56;
  --brand-900: #364540;
  --brand-950: #222B28;
  --brand: #64837a;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F6F8F8;
  --brand-border: #D1DCD8;
  --brand-hover: #556F67;
  --brand-pressed: #455B54;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #18201E;
    --brand-ink: #DCE5E2;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F7F8F8',
        100: '#EEF1F0',
        200: '#DAE2DF',
        300: '#BFCECA',
        400: '#A0B6B0',
        500: '#809E95',
        600: '#64837a',
        700: '#58746C',
        800: '#475D56',
        900: '#364540',
        950: '#222B28',
        DEFAULT: '#64837a',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F7F8F8,
  '100': #EEF1F0,
  '200': #DAE2DF,
  '300': #BFCECA,
  '400': #A0B6B0,
  '500': #809E95,
  '600': #64837a,
  '700': #58746C,
  '800': #475D56,
  '900': #364540,
  '950': #222B28,
);
$brand-base: #64837a;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F7F8F8", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#EEF1F0", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#DAE2DF", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#BFCECA", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#A0B6B0", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#809E95", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#64837a", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#58746C", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#475D56", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#364540", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#222B28", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #64837a · 5.07:1
Use #000000AA at every size, AAA for large text only.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 4.14:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 5.07:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #64837a as text scores 4.14:1 on white and 5.07:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #374843 at 2.34:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#5D7A72 · 4.67:1
AA on white−3% L
#5D7A72
The quick fox
#475D57 · 7.07:1
AAA on white−13% L
#475D57
The quick fox
#64837a · 5.07:1
AA on blackalready passes
#64837a
The quick fox
#7E9C93 · 7.06:1
AAA on black+10% L
#7E9C93

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #64837A is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#64837a on white: 4.14:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#64837a on black: 5.07:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #64837a as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #64837a.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White4.14:1AaAa
Slate 503.96:1AaAa
Slate 1003.78:1AaAa
Slate 2003.36:1AaAa
Slate 3002.79:1AaAa
Slate 4001.62:1AaAa
Slate 5001.15:1AaAa
Slate 6001.83:1AaAa
Slate 7002.50:1AaAa
Slate 8003.53:1AaAa
Slate 9004.31:1AaAa
Black5.07:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #817F7A
deuteranopia · #7B7B7B
tritanopia · #5C8480

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #64837a is pinned to step 600; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F7F8F8
#EEF1F0
#DAE2DF
#BFCECA
#A0B6B0
#809E95
#64837a
#58746C
#475D56
#364540
#222B28
Base = 600Lightest = 50 · #F7F8F8Darkest = 950 · #222B28Text step on white = 700
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.009 175.2);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.015 175.2);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.023 175.2);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.030 175.2);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.035 175.2);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.038 175.2);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.038 175.2);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.036 175.2);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.032 175.2);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.027 175.2);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.021 175.2);
}

Colors that work with #64837a

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#F6F8F8
Tinted page background
Border#D1DCD8
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#638279
Captions on the surface
Accent#885F75
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#374843
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F1F4F3
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#18201E
Dark-mode background
Hover#556F67
One step down in lightness
Pressed#455B54
Two steps down
Disabled#A0B7B0
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#609B8A
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

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How to use #64837a

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Headings from 24px up on white
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Borders, dividers and quiet backgrounds
  • Long-form reading surfaces
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Small text on white — under 4.5:1
  • Thin strokes and 1px borders — they disappear on light UI
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
24px / 18.66px bold
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #374843
Safe as a 1px border on white
Yes

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

cleantechnicalfreshclinical

Cyan reads as water, air and infrastructure: cool, hygienic, engineered.

With almost no chroma left, the family association is barely present; treat it as a neutral that happens to lean this way. The mid lightness keeps it versatile in both themes.

Worth knowing

At high lightness it disappears into white surfaces and thin strokes vanish entirely.

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyLow
  • Weight55/100
  • TemperatureCool
  • ApproachabilityBalanced

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#83646D
Analogous left#64836B
Analogous right#647C83
Split-complement 1#83647C
Split-complement 2#836B64
Triadic 1#7A6483
Triadic 2#837A64
Tetradic#6B6483
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°163°

#64837a sits at 163°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red39.2%
Green51.4%
Blue47.8%
R · 0–255
100
0x64
G · 0–255
131
0x83
B · 0–255
122
0x7a

CMYK percentages

Cyan23.7%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow6.9%
Key (black)48.6%

Total ink coverage is 79%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#64837a text on a black background

contrast 5.07:1

Card sample

#64837a text on a white background

contrast 4.14:1

Card sample

#64837a on grey

3.78:1

#64837a on its own surface

3.89:1

#64837a on its dark surface

4.01:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #64837a;
Background color
Panel with #64837a background
background-color: #64837a;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #64837a;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(100, 131, 122, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(100, 131, 122, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #64837a;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #64837a, #647783);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #64837a, #647083);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #64837a;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #64837a;
caret-color: #64837a;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #64837a;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F1F4F3;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #64837a;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#64837a 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #64837a over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(100, 131, 122, 0.5)
rgb(100 131 122 / 50%)
#64837a80
hsl(163 13% 45% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #64837a 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#64837a1a#F0F3F2
20%#64837a33#E0E6E4
40%#64837a66#C1CDCA
60%#64837a99#A2B5AF
80%#64837acc#839C95

Gradients from #64837a

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #84A198, #64837a 45%, #374843);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #64837a, #576572);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #64837a, #83646D);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #95AEA7 0%, #64837a 45%, #374843 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F6F8F8, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #7E9C82 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #728A93 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #374843 0%, transparent 65%), #64837a;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #64837a

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#64837a in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
TechnologyTravelHealthcareMedia
Common UI roles
BackgroundsBordersBody textDividers
Print note

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 5.07:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#64837a, answered

What color is #64837a?

#64837a is a balanced muted cyan, closest to Cadet Blue (ΔE2000 11.2). It sits at 163° on the hue wheel with 13% saturation and 45% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #64837a?

rgb(100, 131, 122) — 100 red, 131 green and 122 blue out of 255, or 39.2% / 51.4% / 47.8% by channel.

What is #64837a in HSL and HSV?

hsl(163, 13%, 45%) and hsv(163, 24%, 51%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #64837a a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.2035 and perceived brightness is 48%, so black text on it reaches 5.07:1.

Should I use black or white text on #64837a?

Black. It scores 5.07:1 against #64837a, versus 4.14:1 for white — AA at any size.

Is #64837a accessible on a white background?

#64837a on white scores 4.14:1, which only clears AA for large text — 18.66px bold or 24px regular and up. Darken it to #5D7A72 to reach 4.5:1, or #475D57 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #64837a?

#83646D sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #83647C and #836B64, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #64837a?

For interface work: #F6F8F8 as the surface, #D1DCD8 for borders, #638279 for secondary text, #885F75 as an accent and #374843 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #64836B and #647C83 stays calm, while #83646D is the loudest partner.

What is #64837a in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(24%, 0%, 7%, 49%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #64837a warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 62 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #64836F; nudged cooler, #628385.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #64837a?

The neutral family — its 500 step is #737373, ΔE2000 14.1 away. That is a visible difference, so define #64837a as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #64837a in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#64837a] or text-[#64837a], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #64837a with 50% opacity?

rgba(100, 131, 122, 0.5), or #64837a80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #B2C1BD; over black, #32423D.

Is #64837a a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #669966, ΔE2000 14.6 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #64837a mean?

As a cyan, it reads clean, technical, fresh. Cyan reads as water, air and infrastructure: cool, hygienic, engineered. At this low chroma the association is faint; it behaves more like a neutral.

What gradient works with #64837a?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #84A198, #64837a 45%, #374843). For more colour, a short hue run to #576572 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #64837a in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #64837a at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.