#164E4F#164E4F

#164E4F is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.057 H 196.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164E4F
RGB	rgb(22, 78, 79)
HSL	hsl(181, 56%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(181, 72%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 1.3%, 0%, 69%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.87, -17.29, -5.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.87, 18.27, 198.83°)
OKLab	oklab(38.89% -0.0542 -0.0164)
OKLCH	oklch(38.89% 0.057 196.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.4659, 6.1834, 8.3538)
Luminance	0.0618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164E4F #4F1716

analogous

#164F34 #164E4F #16314F

triadic

#164E4F #4F164E #4E4F16

tetradic

#164E4F #34164F #4F1716 #314F16

square

#164E4F #34164F #4F1716 #314F16

split-complementary

#164E4F #4F1631 #4F3416

monochromatic

#071818 #091F1F #164E4F #237D7F #31ADAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.39

#164E4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#164E4F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164E4F

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164E4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164E4F	1.00	9.39	2.24	9.39
#FFFFFF	9.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484A4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#40444F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00514E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164e4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 78, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.057 196.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5d8080',
    500: '#164e4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164e4f;
$custom-light: #5d8080;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164e4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.053,
    "s": 56.436,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38893,
    "c": 0.05664,
    "h": 196.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164E4F

secondary

#863C3A

accent

#4B48E0

background

#F5F7F7

surface

#E9EEEE

border

#C5C9C9

text

#050A0A

muted

#797C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #164E4F

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

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