#164C48#164C48

#164C48 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.056 H 188.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164C48
RGB	rgb(22, 76, 72)
HSL	hsl(176, 55%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(176, 71%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 0%, 5.3%, 70.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.92, -18.49, -2.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.92, 18.70, 188.63°)
OKLab	oklab(38.04% -0.0554 -0.0079)
OKLCH	oklch(38.04% 0.056 188.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.0845, 5.8069, 7.0352)
Luminance	0.0581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164C48 #4C161A

analogous

#164C2D #164C48 #16354C

triadic

#164C48 #48164C #4C4816

tetradic

#164C48 #2D164C #4C161A #354C16

square

#164C48 #2D164C #4C161A #354C16

split-complementary

#164C48 #4C1635 #4C2D16

monochromatic

#071816 #081D1B #164C48 #247B75 #31ABA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.72

#164C48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#164C48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164C48

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164C48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164C48	1.00	9.72	2.16	9.72
#FFFFFF	9.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484848

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F4249

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004E4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164c48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 76, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.056 188.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c7e7a',
    500: '#164c48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164c48;
$custom-light: #5c7e7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164c48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.556,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 19.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38041,
    "c": 0.05597,
    "h": 188.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164C48

secondary

#843A40

accent

#4954DE

background

#F5F7F7

surface

#E9EEED

border

#C5C9C8

text

#040A09

muted

#797C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #164C48

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

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