#164D55#164D55

#164D55 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.057 H 208.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164D55
RGB	rgb(22, 77, 85)
HSL	hsl(188, 59%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(188, 74%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 9.4%, 0%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.75, -14.66, -9.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.75, 17.71, 214.12°)
OKLab	oklab(38.87% -0.0501 -0.0276)
OKLCH	oklch(38.87% 0.057 208.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.6237, 6.1337, 9.5328)
Luminance	0.0613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164D55 #551E16

analogous

#16553D #164D55 #162D55

triadic

#164D55 #55164D #4D5516

tetradic

#164D55 #3D1655 #551E16 #2D5516

square

#164D55 #3D1655 #551E16 #2D5516

split-complementary

#164D55 #55162D #553D16

monochromatic

#061618 #092124 #164D55 #237986 #2FA5B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.43

#164D55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#164D55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164D55

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164D55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164D55	1.00	9.43	2.23	9.43
#FFFFFF	9.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#464A56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D4355

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00514F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164d55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 77, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.057 208.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5d7f84',
    500: '#164d55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164d55;
$custom-light: #5d7f84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164d55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.619,
    "s": 58.879,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38868,
    "c": 0.05719,
    "h": 208.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164D55

secondary

#8C453A

accent

#5A46E2

background

#F5F7F8

surface

#E9EEEF

border

#C5C9CA

text

#050A0B

muted

#797C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #164D55

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

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