#164E4A#164E4A

#164E4A is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.057 H 188.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164E4A
RGB	rgb(22, 78, 74)
HSL	hsl(176, 56%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(176, 72%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 0%, 5.1%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.70, -18.93, -2.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.70, 19.16, 188.84°)
OKLab	oklab(38.69% -0.0568 -0.0083)
OKLCH	oklch(38.69% 0.057 188.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.2907, 6.1133, 7.4311)
Luminance	0.0611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164E4A #4E161A

analogous

#164E2E #164E4A #16364E

triadic

#164E4A #4A164E #4E4A16

tetradic

#164E4A #2E164E #4E161A #364E16

square

#164E4A #2E164E #4E161A #364E16

split-complementary

#164E4A #4E1636 #4E2E16

monochromatic

#071817 #091E1D #164E4A #237E77 #31ADA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.45

#164E4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#164E4A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164E4A

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164E4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164E4A	1.00	9.45	2.22	9.45
#FFFFFF	9.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494A4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#41434B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00504D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164e4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 78, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.057 188.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c807c',
    500: '#164e4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164e4a;
$custom-light: #5c807c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164e4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.714,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38694,
    "c": 0.0574,
    "h": 188.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164E4A

secondary

#853A40

accent

#4953DF

background

#F5F7F7

surface

#E9EEEE

border

#C5C9C9

text

#040A09

muted

#797C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #164E4A

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

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