#164D56#164D56

#164D56 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.058 H 210.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164D56
RGB	rgb(22, 77, 86)
HSL	hsl(188, 59%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(188, 74%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 10.5%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.79, -14.31, -10.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.79, 17.76, 216.31°)
OKLab	oklab(38.91% -0.0496 -0.0292)
OKLCH	oklch(38.91% 0.058 210.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.6638, 6.1497, 9.7435)
Luminance	0.0615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164D56 #561F16

analogous

#16563F #164D56 #162D56

triadic

#164D56 #56164D #4D5616

tetradic

#164D56 #3F1656 #561F16 #2D5616

square

#164D56 #3F1656 #561F16 #2D5616

split-complementary

#164D56 #56162D #563F16

monochromatic

#061618 #0A2125 #164D56 #227987 #2FA4B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.42

#164D56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#164D56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164D56

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164D56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164D56	1.00	9.42	2.23	9.42
#FFFFFF	9.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#454A57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C4356

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005150

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164d56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 77, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.058 210.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e7f85',
    500: '#164d56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164d56;
$custom-light: #5e7f85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164d56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.438,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38914,
    "c": 0.05758,
    "h": 210.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164D56

secondary

#8D463A

accent

#5B45E2

background

#F5F7F8

surface

#E9EEEF

border

#C5C9CA

text

#050A0B

muted

#797C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #164D56

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

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