#164E4C#164E4C

#164E4C is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.057 H 191.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164E4C
RGB	rgb(22, 78, 76)
HSL	hsl(178, 56%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(178, 72%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 0%, 2.6%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.76, -18.29, -4.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.76, 18.75, 192.72°)
OKLab	oklab(38.77% -0.0558 -0.0115)
OKLCH	oklch(38.77% 0.057 191.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.3592, 6.1407, 7.7916)
Luminance	0.0614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164E4C #4E1618

analogous

#164E30 #164E4C #16344E

triadic

#164E4C #4C164E #4E4C16

tetradic

#164E4C #30164E #4E1618 #344E16

square

#164E4C #30164E #4E1618 #344E16

split-complementary

#164E4C #4E1634 #4E3016

monochromatic

#071817 #091E1D #164E4C #237E7B #31ADA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.42

#164E4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#164E4C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164E4C

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164E4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164E4C	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)

#494A4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#40434C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00504D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164e4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 78, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.057 191.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c807e',
    500: '#164e4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164e4c;
$custom-light: #5c807e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164e4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.857,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38772,
    "c": 0.05693,
    "h": 191.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164E4C

secondary

#853A3D

accent

#494EDF

background

#F5F7F7

surface

#E9EEEE

border

#C5C9C9

text

#040A09

muted

#797C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #164E4C

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

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