#164B53#164B53

#164B53 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.056 H 209.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164B53
RGB	rgb(22, 75, 83)
HSL	hsl(188, 58%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(188, 73%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 9.6%, 0%, 67.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.97, -14.21, -9.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.97, 17.27, 214.66°)
OKLab	oklab(38.22% -0.0487 -0.0273)
OKLCH	oklch(38.22% 0.056 209.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.4076, 5.8268, 9.0743)
Luminance	0.0583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164B53 #531E16

analogous

#16533C #164B53 #162C53

triadic

#164B53 #53164B #4B5316

tetradic

#164B53 #3C1653 #531E16 #2C5316

square

#164B53 #3C1653 #531E16 #2C5316

split-complementary

#164B53 #53162C #533C16

monochromatic

#061618 #091F23 #164B53 #237783 #30A2B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.70

#164B53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#164B53 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164B53

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164B53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164B53	1.00	9.70	2.17	9.70
#FFFFFF	9.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#444854

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B4153

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004F4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164b53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 75, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.056 209.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5d7d83',
    500: '#164b53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164b53;
$custom-light: #5d7d83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164b53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.869,
    "s": 58.095,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38216,
    "c": 0.0558,
    "h": 209.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164B53

secondary

#8A453A

accent

#5B46E1

background

#F5F7F8

surface

#E9EEEF

border

#C5C9CA

text

#05090A

muted

#797B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #164B53

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

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