#164A53#164A53

#164A53 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.056 H 211.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164A53
RGB	rgb(22, 74, 83)
HSL	hsl(189, 58%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(189, 73%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 10.8%, 0%, 67.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.62, -13.62, -10.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.62, 17.11, 217.24°)
OKLab	oklab(37.94% -0.0475 -0.0288)
OKLCH	oklch(37.94% 0.056 211.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.3403, 5.6922, 9.0519)
Luminance	0.0569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164A53 #531F16

analogous

#16533D #164A53 #162C53

triadic

#164A53 #53164A #4A5316

tetradic

#164A53 #3D1653 #531F16 #2C5316

square

#164A53 #3D1653 #531F16 #2C5316

split-complementary

#164A53 #53162C #533D16

monochromatic

#061618 #091F23 #164A53 #237583 #30A0B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.82

#164A53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#164A53 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164A53

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164A53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164A53	1.00	9.82	2.14	9.82
#FFFFFF	9.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#434754

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A4153

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004E4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164a53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 74, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.056 211.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5d7c83',
    500: '#164a53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164a53;
$custom-light: #5d7c83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164a53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.852,
    "s": 58.095,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37935,
    "c": 0.05552,
    "h": 211.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164A53

secondary

#8A463A

accent

#5D46E1

background

#F5F7F8

surface

#E9EEEF

border

#C5C9CA

text

#05090A

muted

#797B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #164A53

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

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