#164B48#164B48

#164B48 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.055 H 189.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164B48
RGB	rgb(22, 75, 72)
HSL	hsl(177, 55%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(177, 71%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 4%, 70.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.56, -17.94, -3.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.56, 18.25, 190.52°)
OKLab	oklab(37.75% -0.0542 -0.0093)
OKLCH	oklch(37.75% 0.055 189.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.0161, 5.6702, 7.0124)
Luminance	0.0567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164B48 #4B1619

analogous

#164B2E #164B48 #16344B

triadic

#164B48 #48164B #4B4816

tetradic

#164B48 #2E164B #4B1619 #344B16

square

#164B48 #2E164B #4B1619 #344B16

split-complementary

#164B48 #4B1634 #4B2E16

monochromatic

#071817 #081C1B #164B48 #247A75 #32AAA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.84

#164B48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#164B48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164B48

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164B48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164B48	1.00	9.84	2.13	9.84
#FFFFFF	9.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#464748

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E4149

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004D4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164b48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 75, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.055 189.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c7d7a',
    500: '#164b48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164b48;
$custom-light: #5c7d7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164b48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.604,
    "s": 54.639,
    "l": 19.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37753,
    "c": 0.05499,
    "h": 189.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164B48

secondary

#833A3E

accent

#4A52DE

background

#F5F7F7

surface

#E9EEED

border

#C5C9C8

text

#040909

muted

#797B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #164B48

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

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