#164C52#164C52

#164C52 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.056 H 205.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164C52
RGB	rgb(22, 76, 82)
HSL	hsl(186, 58%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(186, 73%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 7.3%, 0%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.28, -15.14, -8.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.28, 17.46, 209.92°)
OKLab	oklab(38.45% -0.0503 -0.0242)
OKLCH	oklch(38.45% 0.056 205.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.4377, 5.9482, 8.8952)
Luminance	0.0595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164C52 #521C16

analogous

#16523A #164C52 #162E52

triadic

#164C52 #52164C #4C5216

tetradic

#164C52 #3A1652 #521C16 #2E5216

square

#164C52 #3A1652 #521C16 #2E5216

split-complementary

#164C52 #52162E #523A16

monochromatic

#061618 #091F22 #164C52 #237982 #30A5B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.59

#164C52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#164C52 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164C52

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164C52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164C52	1.00	9.59	2.19	9.59
#FFFFFF	9.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#454952

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C4252

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004F4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164c52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 76, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.056 205.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5d7e82',
    500: '#164c52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164c52;
$custom-light: #5d7e82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164c52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 20.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38454,
    "c": 0.05585,
    "h": 205.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164C52

secondary

#89423A

accent

#5647E1

background

#F5F7F7

surface

#E9EEEE

border

#C5C9C9

text

#050A0A

muted

#797C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #164C52

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

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