#164E49#164E49

#164E49 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.058 H 186.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164E49
RGB	rgb(22, 78, 73)
HSL	hsl(175, 56%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(175, 72%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 0%, 6.4%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.66, -19.25, -2.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.66, 19.40, 186.97°)
OKLab	oklab(38.66% -0.0573 -0.0067)
OKLCH	oklch(38.66% 0.058 186.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.2573, 6.0999, 7.2551)
Luminance	0.0610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164E49 #4E161B

analogous

#164E2D #164E49 #16374E

triadic

#164E49 #49164E #4E4916

tetradic

#164E49 #2D164E #4E161B #374E16

square

#164E49 #2D164E #4E161B #374E16

split-complementary

#164E49 #4E1637 #4E2D16

monochromatic

#071816 #091E1C #164E49 #237E76 #31ADA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.46

#164E49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#164E49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164E49

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164E49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164E49	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)

#4A4949

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#41434A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00504C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 78, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.058 186.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c807b',
    500: '#164e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164e49;
$custom-light: #5c807b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.643,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38656,
    "c": 0.05771,
    "h": 186.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164E49

secondary

#853A41

accent

#4956DF

background

#F5F7F7

surface

#E9EEED

border

#C5C9C8

text

#040A09

muted

#797C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #164E49

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

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