#164E4D#164E4D

#164E4D is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.057 H 193.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164E4D
RGB	rgb(22, 78, 77)
HSL	hsl(179, 56%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(179, 72%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 0%, 1.3%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.80, -17.96, -4.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.80, 18.57, 194.72°)
OKLab	oklab(38.81% -0.0552 -0.0131)
OKLCH	oklch(38.81% 0.057 193.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.3942, 6.1547, 7.9761)
Luminance	0.0616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164E4D #4E1617

analogous

#164E31 #164E4D #16334E

triadic

#164E4D #4D164E #4E4D16

tetradic

#164E4D #31164E #4E1617 #334E16

square

#164E4D #31164E #4E1617 #334E16

split-complementary

#164E4D #4E1633 #4E3116

monochromatic

#071818 #091E1E #164E4D #237E7C #31ADAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.41

#164E4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#164E4D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164E4D

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164E4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164E4D	1.00	9.41	2.23	9.41
#FFFFFF	9.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494A4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#40444D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00504E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164e4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 78, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.057 193.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5d807e',
    500: '#164e4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164e4d;
$custom-light: #5d807e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164e4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.929,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38812,
    "c": 0.05679,
    "h": 193.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164E4D

secondary

#853A3C

accent

#494BDF

background

#F5F7F7

surface

#E9EEEE

border

#C5C9C9

text

#050A0A

muted

#797C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #164E4D

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

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