#164B40#164B40

#164B40 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.059 H 176.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164B40
RGB	rgb(22, 75, 64)
HSL	hsl(168, 55%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(168, 71%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 14.7%, 70.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.31, -20.43, 1.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.31, 20.48, 175.91°)
OKLab	oklab(37.46% -0.0585 0.0036)
OKLCH	oklch(37.46% 0.059 176.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.7719, 5.5725, 5.7263)
Luminance	0.0557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164B40 #4B1621

analogous

#164B26 #164B40 #163C4B

triadic

#164B40 #40164B #4B4016

tetradic

#164B40 #26164B #4B1621 #3C4B16

square

#164B40 #26164B #4B1621 #3C4B16

split-complementary

#164B40 #4B163C #4B2616

monochromatic

#071814 #081C18 #164B40 #247A68 #32AA91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.93

#164B40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#164B40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164B40

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164B40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164B40	1.00	9.93	2.11	9.93
#FFFFFF	9.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484640

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#404041

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004C48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164b40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 75, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.059 176.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5b7d74',
    500: '#164b40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164b40;
$custom-light: #5b7d74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164b40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.547,
    "s": 54.639,
    "l": 19.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37458,
    "c": 0.05857,
    "h": 176.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164B40

secondary

#833A49

accent

#4A69DE

background

#F5F7F7

surface

#E9EEED

border

#C5C9C8

text

#040A08

muted

#797C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #164B40

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

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