#164A49#164A49

#164A49 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.054 H 193.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164A49
RGB	rgb(22, 74, 73)
HSL	hsl(179, 54%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(179, 70%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 0%, 1.4%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.24, -17.06, -4.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.24, 17.63, 194.64°)
OKLab	oklab(37.51% -0.0524 -0.0124)
OKLCH	oklch(37.51% 0.054 193.3)
XYZ	xyz(3.9817, 5.5487, 7.1632)
Luminance	0.0555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164A49 #4A1617

analogous

#164A2F #164A49 #16314A

triadic

#164A49 #49164A #4A4916

tetradic

#164A49 #2F164A #4A1617 #314A16

square

#164A49 #2F164A #4A1617 #314A16

split-complementary

#164A49 #4A1631 #4A2F16

monochromatic

#071817 #081B1A #164A49 #247978 #32A8A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.95

#164A49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#164A49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164A49

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164A49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164A49	1.00	9.95	2.11	9.95
#FFFFFF	9.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#454649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D4049

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004C4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164a49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 74, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.054 193.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c7c7b',
    500: '#164a49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164a49;
$custom-light: #5c7c7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164a49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.846,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 18.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37505,
    "c": 0.05388,
    "h": 193.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164A49

secondary

#823A3C

accent

#4A4DDE

background

#F5F7F7

surface

#E9EEED

border

#C5C9C8

text

#040909

muted

#797B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #164A49

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

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