#164D4B#164D4B

#164D4B is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.056 H 191.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164D4B
RGB	rgb(22, 77, 75)
HSL	hsl(178, 56%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(178, 71%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 2.6%, 69.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.38, -18.06, -4.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.38, 18.51, 192.67°)
OKLab	oklab(38.45% -0.0551 -0.0113)
OKLCH	oklch(38.45% 0.056 191.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.2542, 5.9859, 7.5864)
Luminance	0.0599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164D4B #4D1618

analogous

#164D30 #164D4B #16344D

triadic

#164D4B #4B164D #4D4B16

tetradic

#164D4B #30164D #4D1618 #344D16

square

#164D4B #30164D #4D1618 #344D16

split-complementary

#164D4B #4D1634 #4D3016

monochromatic

#071817 #081D1D #164D4B #247D79 #31ACA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.56

#164D4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#164D4B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164D4B

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164D4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164D4B	1.00	9.56	2.20	9.56
#FFFFFF	9.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#48494B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#40434B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004F4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164d4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 77, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.056 191.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c7f7d',
    500: '#164d4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164d4b;
$custom-light: #5c7f7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164d4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.818,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38446,
    "c": 0.05622,
    "h": 191.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164D4B

secondary

#853A3D

accent

#494EDF

background

#F5F7F7

surface

#E9EEEE

border

#C5C9C9

text

#040A09

muted

#797C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #164D4B

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

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