#164B49#164B49

#164B49 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.055 H 191.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164B49
RGB	rgb(22, 75, 73)
HSL	hsl(178, 55%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(178, 71%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 2.7%, 70.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.60, -17.61, -3.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.60, 18.04, 192.57°)
OKLab	oklab(37.79% -0.0537 -0.0109)
OKLCH	oklch(37.79% 0.055 191.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.0490, 5.6833, 7.1856)
Luminance	0.0568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164B49 #4B1618

analogous

#164B2F #164B49 #16334B

triadic

#164B49 #49164B #4B4916

tetradic

#164B49 #2F164B #4B1618 #334B16

square

#164B49 #2F164B #4B1618 #334B16

split-complementary

#164B49 #4B1633 #4B2F16

monochromatic

#071817 #081C1B #164B49 #247A77 #32AAA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.83

#164B49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#164B49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164B49

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164B49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164B49	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)

#464749

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E4149

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004D4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164b49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 75, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.055 191.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c7d7b',
    500: '#164b49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164b49;
$custom-light: #5c7d7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164b49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.736,
    "s": 54.639,
    "l": 19.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37792,
    "c": 0.05477,
    "h": 191.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164B49

secondary

#833A3D

accent

#4A4FDE

background

#F5F7F7

surface

#E9EEED

border

#C5C9C8

text

#040909

muted

#797B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #164B49

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

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