#164A4F#164A4F

#164A4F is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.054 H 204.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164A4F
RGB	rgb(22, 74, 79)
HSL	hsl(185, 56%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(185, 72%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 6.3%, 0%, 69%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.46, -15.03, -8.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.46, 17.03, 208.05°)
OKLab	oklab(37.76% -0.0494 -0.0222)
OKLCH	oklch(37.76% 0.054 204.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.1903, 5.6322, 8.2619)
Luminance	0.0563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164A4F #4F1B16

analogous

#164F38 #164A4F #162E4F

triadic

#164A4F #4F164A #4A4F16

tetradic

#164A4F #38164F #4F1B16 #2E4F16

square

#164A4F #38164F #4F1B16 #2E4F16

split-complementary

#164A4F #4F162E #4F3816

monochromatic

#071618 #091D1F #164A4F #23777F #31A4AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.87

#164A4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#164A4F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164A4F

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164A4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164A4F	1.00	9.87	2.13	9.87
#FFFFFF	9.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#44474F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B404F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004D4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164a4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 74, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.054 204.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c7c80',
    500: '#164a4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164a4f;
$custom-light: #5c7c80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164a4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.263,
    "s": 56.436,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37756,
    "c": 0.05417,
    "h": 204.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164A4F

secondary

#86413A

accent

#5548E0

background

#F5F7F7

surface

#E9EEEE

border

#C5C9C9

text

#04090A

muted

#797B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #164A4F

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

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