#164E4E#164E4E

#164E4E is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.057 H 195.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164E4E
RGB	rgb(22, 78, 78)
HSL	hsl(180, 56%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(180, 72%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 0%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.83, -17.63, -5.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.83, 18.41, 196.76°)
OKLab	oklab(38.85% -0.0547 -0.0147)
OKLCH	oklch(38.85% 0.057 195.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.4298, 6.1689, 8.1635)
Luminance	0.0617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164E4E #4E1616

analogous

#164E32 #164E4E #16324E

triadic

#164E4E #4E164E #4E4E16

tetradic

#164E4E #32164E #4E1616 #324E16

square

#164E4E #32164E #4E1616 #324E16

split-complementary

#164E4E #4E1632 #4E3216

monochromatic

#071818 #091E1E #164E4E #237E7E #31ADAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.40

#164E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#164E4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164E4E

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164E4E	1.00	9.40	2.23	9.40
#FFFFFF	9.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494A4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#40444E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00514E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 78, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.057 195.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5d807f',
    500: '#164e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164e4e;
$custom-light: #5d807f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38852,
    "c": 0.05668,
    "h": 195.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164E4E

secondary

#853A3A

accent

#4949DF

background

#F5F7F7

surface

#E9EEEE

border

#C5C9C9

text

#050A0A

muted

#797C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #164E4E

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

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