#164E48#164E48

#164E48 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.058 H 185.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164E48
RGB	rgb(22, 78, 72)
HSL	hsl(174, 56%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(174, 72%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 0%, 7.7%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.63, -19.57, -1.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.63, 19.65, 185.13°)
OKLab	oklab(38.62% -0.0578 -0.0051)
OKLCH	oklch(38.62% 0.058 185)
XYZ	xyz(4.2244, 6.0868, 7.0819)
Luminance	0.0609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164E48 #4E161C

analogous

#164E2C #164E48 #16384E

triadic

#164E48 #48164E #4E4816

tetradic

#164E48 #2C164E #4E161C #384E16

square

#164E48 #2C164E #4E161C #384E16

split-complementary

#164E48 #4E1638 #4E2C16

monochromatic

#071816 #091E1C #164E48 #237E74 #31ADA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.47

#164E48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#164E48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164E48

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164E48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164E48	1.00	9.47	2.22	9.47
#FFFFFF	9.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4948

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#424349

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00504C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164e48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 78, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.058 185.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c807a',
    500: '#164e48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164e48;
$custom-light: #5c807a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164e48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.571,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38618,
    "c": 0.05807,
    "h": 185
  },
  "luminance": 0.06087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164E48

secondary

#853A42

accent

#4959DF

background

#F5F7F7

surface

#E9EEED

border

#C5C9C8

text

#040A09

muted

#797C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #164E48

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

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