#164D4E#164D4E

#164D4E is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.056 H 196.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164D4E
RGB	rgb(22, 77, 78)
HSL	hsl(181, 56%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(181, 72%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 1.3%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.48, -17.07, -5.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.48, 18.04, 198.87°)
OKLab	oklab(38.57% -0.0535 -0.0162)
OKLCH	oklch(38.57% 0.056 196.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.3593, 6.0279, 8.1400)
Luminance	0.0603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164D4E #4E1716

analogous

#164E33 #164D4E #16314E

triadic

#164D4E #4E164D #4D4E16

tetradic

#164D4E #33164E #4E1716 #314E16

square

#164D4E #33164E #4E1716 #314E16

split-complementary

#164D4E #4E1631 #4E3316

monochromatic

#071818 #091E1E #164D4E #237C7E #31ABAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.52

#164D4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#164D4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164D4E

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164D4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164D4E	1.00	9.52	2.21	9.52
#FFFFFF	9.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#47494E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F434E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00504D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164d4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 77, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.056 196.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5d7f7f',
    500: '#164d4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164d4e;
$custom-light: #5d7f7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164d4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.071,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38567,
    "c": 0.05592,
    "h": 196.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164D4E

secondary

#853C3A

accent

#4B49DF

background

#F5F7F7

surface

#E9EEEE

border

#C5C9C9

text

#050A0A

muted

#797C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #164D4E

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

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