#164A38#164A38

#164A38 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.063 H 166.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164A38
RGB	rgb(22, 74, 56)
HSL	hsl(159, 54%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(159, 70%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 0%, 24.3%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.72, -22.20, 5.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.72, 22.94, 165.43°)
OKLab	oklab(36.9% -0.0616 0.0148)
OKLCH	oklch(36.9% 0.063 166.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.4931, 5.3533, 4.5898)
Luminance	0.0535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164A38 #4A1628

analogous

#164A1E #164A38 #16424A

triadic

#164A38 #38164A #4A3816

tetradic

#164A38 #1E164A #4A1628 #424A16

square

#164A38 #1E164A #4A1628 #424A16

split-complementary

#164A38 #4A1642 #4A1E16

monochromatic

#071812 #081B14 #164A38 #24795C #32A87F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.14

#164A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#164A38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164A38

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164A38	1.00	10.14	2.07	10.14
#FFFFFF	10.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484537

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#413F39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004A45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 74, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.063 166.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5a7d6e',
    500: '#164a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164a38;
$custom-light: #5a7d6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.231,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 18.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36903,
    "c": 0.06337,
    "h": 166.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164A38

secondary

#823A53

accent

#4A7DDE

background

#F5F7F6

surface

#E9EEEB

border

#C5C9C6

text

#040907

muted

#797B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #164A38

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

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