#164D40#164D40

#164D40 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.061 H 174.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164D40
RGB	rgb(22, 77, 64)
HSL	hsl(166, 56%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(166, 71%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 16.9%, 69.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.03, -21.48, 2.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.03, 21.62, 173.36°)
OKLab	oklab(38.04% -0.0609 0.0063)
OKLCH	oklch(38.04% 0.061 174.1)
XYZ	xyz(3.9097, 5.8481, 5.7722)
Luminance	0.0585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164D40 #4D1623

analogous

#164D25 #164D40 #163F4D

triadic

#164D40 #40164D #4D4016

tetradic

#164D40 #25164D #4D1623 #3F4D16

square

#164D40 #25164D #4D1623 #3F4D16

split-complementary

#164D40 #4D163F #4D2516

monochromatic

#071814 #081D18 #164D40 #247D68 #31AC8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.68

#164D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#164D40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164D40

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164D40	1.00	9.68	2.17	9.68
#FFFFFF	9.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A483F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#424241

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004E49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 77, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.061 174.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5b7f74',
    500: '#164d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164d40;
$custom-light: #5b7f74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.818,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38044,
    "c": 0.06125,
    "h": 174.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164D40

secondary

#853A4C

accent

#496CDF

background

#F5F7F7

surface

#E9EEED

border

#C5C9C8

text

#040A08

muted

#797C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #164D40

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

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