#164A40#164A40

#164A40 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.057 H 177.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164A40
RGB	rgb(22, 74, 64)
HSL	hsl(168, 54%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(168, 70%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 0%, 13.5%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.95, -19.90, 0.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.95, 19.92, 177.30°)
OKLab	oklab(37.17% -0.0572 0.0022)
OKLCH	oklch(37.17% 0.057 177.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.7046, 5.4379, 5.7039)
Luminance	0.0544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164A40 #4A1620

analogous

#164A26 #164A40 #163A4A

triadic

#164A40 #40164A #4A4016

tetradic

#164A40 #26164A #4A1620 #3A4A16

square

#164A40 #26164A #4A1620 #3A4A16

split-complementary

#164A40 #4A163A #4A2616

monochromatic

#071814 #081B17 #164A40 #247969 #32A892

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.06

#164A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#164A40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164A40

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164A40	1.00	10.06	2.09	10.06
#FFFFFF	10.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#474540

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F4041

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004B47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 74, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.057 177.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5b7d74',
    500: '#164a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164a40;
$custom-light: #5b7d74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.462,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 18.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37165,
    "c": 0.05725,
    "h": 177.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164A40

secondary

#823A48

accent

#4A67DE

background

#F5F7F7

surface

#E9EEED

border

#C5C9C8

text

#040908

muted

#797B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #164A40

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

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