#164E46#164E46

#164E46 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.059 H 181.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164E46
RGB	rgb(22, 78, 70)
HSL	hsl(171, 56%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(171, 72%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 0%, 10.3%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.57, -20.20, -0.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.57, 20.20, 181.61°)
OKLab	oklab(38.55% -0.0589 -0.0019)
OKLCH	oklch(38.55% 0.059 181.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.1602, 6.0611, 6.7438)
Luminance	0.0606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164E46 #4E161E

analogous

#164E2A #164E46 #163A4E

triadic

#164E46 #46164E #4E4616

tetradic

#164E46 #2A164E #4E161E #3A4E16

square

#164E46 #2A164E #4E161E #3A4E16

split-complementary

#164E46 #4E163A #4E2A16

monochromatic

#071815 #091E1B #164E46 #237E71 #31AD9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.49

#164E46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#164E46 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164E46

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164E46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164E46	1.00	9.49	2.21	9.49
#FFFFFF	9.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4946

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#424347

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00504C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164e46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 78, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.059 181.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c8079',
    500: '#164e46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164e46;
$custom-light: #5c8079;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164e46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.429,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38545,
    "c": 0.05894,
    "h": 181.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164E46

secondary

#853A45

accent

#495EDF

background

#F5F7F7

surface

#E9EEED

border

#C5C9C8

text

#040A09

muted

#797C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #164E46

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

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