#164C50#164C50

#164C50 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.055 H 202.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164C50
RGB	rgb(22, 76, 80)
HSL	hsl(184, 57%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(184, 73%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 5%, 0%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.21, -15.83, -7.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.21, 17.53, 205.47°)
OKLab	oklab(38.37% -0.0513 -0.0209)
OKLCH	oklch(38.37% 0.055 202.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.3627, 5.9182, 8.5003)
Luminance	0.0592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164C50 #501A16

analogous

#165037 #164C50 #162F50

triadic

#164C50 #50164C #4C5016

tetradic

#164C50 #371650 #501A16 #2F5016

square

#164C50 #371650 #501A16 #2F5016

split-complementary

#164C50 #50162F #503716

monochromatic

#071718 #091E20 #164C50 #237A80 #30A7B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.62

#164C50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#164C50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164C50

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164C50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164C50	1.00	9.62	2.18	9.62
#FFFFFF	9.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#464850

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D4250

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004F4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164c50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 76, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.055 202.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5d7e81',
    500: '#164c50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164c50;
$custom-light: #5d7e81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164c50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.138,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38367,
    "c": 0.05542,
    "h": 202.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164C50

secondary

#87403A

accent

#5248E0

background

#F5F7F7

surface

#E9EEEE

border

#C5C9C9

text

#050A0A

muted

#797C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #164C50

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

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