#164A48#164A48

#164A48 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.054 H 191.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164A48
RGB	rgb(22, 74, 72)
HSL	hsl(178, 54%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(178, 70%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 0%, 2.7%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.21, -17.38, -3.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.21, 17.81, 192.52°)
OKLab	oklab(37.46% -0.053 -0.0107)
OKLCH	oklch(37.46% 0.054 191.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.9488, 5.5356, 6.9900)
Luminance	0.0554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164A48 #4A1618

analogous

#164A2E #164A48 #16324A

triadic

#164A48 #48164A #4A4816

tetradic

#164A48 #2E164A #4A1618 #324A16

square

#164A48 #2E164A #4A1618 #324A16

split-complementary

#164A48 #4A1632 #4A2E16

monochromatic

#071817 #081B1A #164A48 #247976 #32A8A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.97

#164A48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#164A48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164A48

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164A48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164A48	1.00	9.97	2.11	9.97
#FFFFFF	9.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#454648

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D4048

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004C49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164a48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 74, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.054 191.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5b7d7a',
    500: '#164a48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164a48;
$custom-light: #5b7d7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164a48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.692,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 18.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37465,
    "c": 0.05404,
    "h": 191.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164A48

secondary

#823A3D

accent

#4A50DE

background

#F5F7F7

surface

#E9EEED

border

#C5C9C8

text

#040909

muted

#797B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #164A48

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

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