#164D53#164D53

#164D53 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.057 H 205.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164D53
RGB	rgb(22, 77, 83)
HSL	hsl(186, 58%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(186, 73%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 7.2%, 0%, 67.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.67, -15.36, -8.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.67, 17.69, 209.72°)
OKLab	oklab(38.78% -0.051 -0.0243)
OKLCH	oklch(38.78% 0.057 205.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.5454, 6.1023, 9.1203)
Luminance	0.0610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164D53 #531C16

analogous

#16533A #164D53 #162E53

triadic

#164D53 #53164D #4D5316

tetradic

#164D53 #3A1653 #531C16 #2E5316

square

#164D53 #3A1653 #531C16 #2E5316

split-complementary

#164D53 #53162E #533A16

monochromatic

#061618 #092023 #164D53 #237A83 #30A7B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.46

#164D53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#164D53 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164D53

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164D53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164D53	1.00	9.46	2.22	9.46
#FFFFFF	9.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#464A53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D4353

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00504F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164d53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 77, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.057 205.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5d7f83',
    500: '#164d53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164d53;
$custom-light: #5d7f83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164d53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.902,
    "s": 58.095,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3878,
    "c": 0.05655,
    "h": 205.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164D53

secondary

#8A423A

accent

#5646E1

background

#F5F7F8

surface

#E9EEEF

border

#C5C9CA

text

#050A0A

muted

#797C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #164D53

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

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