#164B50#164B50

#164B50 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.055 H 204.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164B50
RGB	rgb(22, 75, 80)
HSL	hsl(185, 57%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(185, 73%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 6.2%, 0%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.85, -15.25, -8.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.85, 17.26, 207.87°)
OKLab	oklab(38.08% -0.0501 -0.0224)
OKLCH	oklch(38.08% 0.055 204)
XYZ	xyz(4.2943, 5.7814, 8.4775)
Luminance	0.0578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164B50 #501B16

analogous

#165038 #164B50 #162E50

triadic

#164B50 #50164B #4B5016

tetradic

#164B50 #381650 #501B16 #2E5016

square

#164B50 #381650 #501B16 #2E5016

split-complementary

#164B50 #50162E #503816

monochromatic

#071718 #091E20 #164B50 #237880 #30A5B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.74

#164B50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#164B50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164B50

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164B50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164B50	1.00	9.74	2.16	9.74
#FFFFFF	9.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#454850

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C4150

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004E4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164b50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 75, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.055 204.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c7d81',
    500: '#164b50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164b50;
$custom-light: #5c7d81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164b50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.172,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38083,
    "c": 0.05489,
    "h": 204
  },
  "luminance": 0.05782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164B50

secondary

#87413A

accent

#5548E0

background

#F5F7F7

surface

#E9EEEE

border

#C5C9C9

text

#04090A

muted

#797B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #164B50

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

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