#164C55#164C55

#164C55 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.057 H 210.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164C55
RGB	rgb(22, 76, 85)
HSL	hsl(189, 59%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(189, 74%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 10.6%, 0%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.40, -14.08, -10.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.40, 17.54, 216.61°)
OKLab	oklab(38.59% -0.0489 -0.0291)
OKLCH	oklch(38.59% 0.057 210.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.5543, 5.9948, 9.5097)
Luminance	0.0600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164C55 #551F16

analogous

#16553E #164C55 #162C55

triadic

#164C55 #55164C #4C5516

tetradic

#164C55 #3E1655 #551F16 #2C5516

square

#164C55 #3E1655 #551F16 #2C5516

split-complementary

#164C55 #55162C #553E16

monochromatic

#061618 #092124 #164C55 #237786 #2FA3B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.55

#164C55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#164C55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164C55

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164C55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164C55	1.00	9.55	2.20	9.55
#FFFFFF	9.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#454956

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B4255

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00504F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164c55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 76, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.057 210.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5d7e84',
    500: '#164c55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164c55;
$custom-light: #5d7e84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164c55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.571,
    "s": 58.879,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38588,
    "c": 0.05689,
    "h": 210.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164C55

secondary

#8C463A

accent

#5C46E2

background

#F5F7F8

surface

#E9EEEF

border

#C5C9CA

text

#050A0B

muted

#797C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #164C55

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

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