#164E50#164E50

#164E50 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.057 H 198.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164E50
RGB	rgb(22, 78, 80)
HSL	hsl(182, 57%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(182, 73%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 2.5%, 0%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.91, -16.96, -6.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.91, 18.15, 200.93°)
OKLab	oklab(38.93% -0.0537 -0.018)
OKLCH	oklch(38.93% 0.057 198.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.5026, 6.1980, 8.5469)
Luminance	0.0620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164E50 #501816

analogous

#165035 #164E50 #163150

triadic

#164E50 #50164E #4E5016

tetradic

#164E50 #351650 #501816 #315016

square

#164E50 #351650 #501816 #315016

split-complementary

#164E50 #501631 #503516

monochromatic

#071718 #091F20 #164E50 #237D80 #30ACB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.38

#164E50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#164E50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164E50

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164E50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164E50	1.00	9.38	2.24	9.38
#FFFFFF	9.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484A50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F4450

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00514E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 78, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.057 198.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5d8081',
    500: '#164e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164e50;
$custom-light: #5d8081;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.069,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38934,
    "c": 0.05665,
    "h": 198.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164E50

secondary

#873D3A

accent

#4D48E0

background

#F5F7F7

surface

#E9EEEE

border

#C5C9C9

text

#050A0A

muted

#797C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #164E50

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

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