#164A52#164A52

#164A52 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.055 H 209.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164A52
RGB	rgb(22, 74, 82)
HSL	hsl(188, 58%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(188, 73%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 9.8%, 0%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.58, -13.97, -9.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.58, 17.05, 214.96°)
OKLab	oklab(37.89% -0.048 -0.0271)
OKLCH	oklch(37.89% 0.055 209.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.3020, 5.6768, 8.8500)
Luminance	0.0568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164A52 #521E16

analogous

#16523C #164A52 #162C52

triadic

#164A52 #52164A #4A5216

tetradic

#164A52 #3C1652 #521E16 #2C5216

square

#164A52 #3C1652 #521E16 #2C5216

split-complementary

#164A52 #52162C #523C16

monochromatic

#061618 #091E22 #164A52 #237682 #30A1B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.83

#164A52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#164A52 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164A52

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164A52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164A52	1.00	9.83	2.14	9.83
#FFFFFF	9.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#434753

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A4152

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004E4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164a52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 74, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.055 209.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5d7c82',
    500: '#164a52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164a52;
$custom-light: #5d7c82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164a52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 20.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3789,
    "c": 0.0551,
    "h": 209.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164A52

secondary

#89453A

accent

#5B47E1

background

#F5F7F7

surface

#E9EEEE

border

#C5C9C9

text

#05090A

muted

#797B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #164A52

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

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