#164B4E#164B4E

#164B4E is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.055 H 200.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164B4E
RGB	rgb(22, 75, 78)
HSL	hsl(183, 56%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(183, 72%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 3.8%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.78, -15.94, -6.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.78, 17.37, 203.37°)
OKLab	oklab(38% -0.0511 -0.0191)
OKLCH	oklch(38% 0.055 200.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.2215, 5.7523, 8.0941)
Luminance	0.0575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164B4E #4E1916

analogous

#164E35 #164B4E #162F4E

triadic

#164B4E #4E164B #4B4E16

tetradic

#164B4E #35164E #4E1916 #2F4E16

square

#164B4E #35164E #4E1916 #2F4E16

split-complementary

#164B4E #4E162F #4E3516

monochromatic

#071718 #091D1E #164B4E #23797E #31A7AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.76

#164B4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#164B4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164B4E

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164B4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164B4E	1.00	9.76	2.15	9.76
#FFFFFF	9.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#45474E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D414E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004E4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164b4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 75, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.055 200.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c7d7f',
    500: '#164b4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164b4e;
$custom-light: #5c7d7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164b4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.214,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37997,
    "c": 0.05457,
    "h": 200.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164B4E

secondary

#853E3A

accent

#5149DF

background

#F5F7F7

surface

#E9EEEE

border

#C5C9C9

text

#04090A

muted

#797B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #164B4E

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

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