#164A42#164A42

#164A42 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.056 H 181.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164A42
RGB	rgb(22, 74, 66)
HSL	hsl(171, 54%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(171, 70%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 0%, 10.8%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.01, -19.29, -0.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.01, 19.29, 180.79°)
OKLab	oklab(37.24% -0.0561 -0.001)
OKLCH	oklch(37.24% 0.056 181.1)
XYZ	xyz(3.7626, 5.4611, 6.0090)
Luminance	0.0546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164A42 #4A161E

analogous

#164A28 #164A42 #16384A

triadic

#164A42 #42164A #4A4216

tetradic

#164A42 #28164A #4A161E #384A16

square

#164A42 #28164A #4A161E #384A16

split-complementary

#164A42 #4A1638 #4A2816

monochromatic

#071815 #081B18 #164A42 #24796C #32A896

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.04

#164A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#164A42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164A42

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164A42	1.00	10.04	2.09	10.04
#FFFFFF	10.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#474542

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F4043

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004B48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 74, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.056 181.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5b7d76',
    500: '#164a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164a42;
$custom-light: #5b7d76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.769,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 18.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37237,
    "c": 0.05614,
    "h": 181.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164A42

secondary

#823A45

accent

#4A61DE

background

#F5F7F7

surface

#E9EEED

border

#C5C9C8

text

#040908

muted

#797B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #164A42

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

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