#164E51#164E51

#164E51 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.057 H 200.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164E51
RGB	rgb(22, 78, 81)
HSL	hsl(183, 57%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(183, 73%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.8%, 3.7%, 0%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.94, -16.62, -7.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.94, 18.06, 203.05°)
OKLab	oklab(38.98% -0.0532 -0.0196)
OKLCH	oklch(38.98% 0.057 200.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.5398, 6.2129, 8.7429)
Luminance	0.0621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164E51 #511916

analogous

#165136 #164E51 #163051

triadic

#164E51 #51164E #4E5116

tetradic

#164E51 #361651 #511916 #305116

square

#164E51 #361651 #511916 #305116

split-complementary

#164E51 #511630 #513616

monochromatic

#071718 #092021 #164E51 #237C81 #30ABB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.36

#164E51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#164E51 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164E51

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164E51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164E51	1.00	9.36	2.24	9.36
#FFFFFF	9.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484A51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F4451

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00514F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164e51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 78, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.057 200.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5d8081',
    500: '#164e51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164e51;
$custom-light: #5d8081;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164e51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.051,
    "s": 57.282,
    "l": 20.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38976,
    "c": 0.05672,
    "h": 200.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164E51

secondary

#883E3A

accent

#4F47E1

background

#F5F7F7

surface

#E9EEEE

border

#C5C9C9

text

#050A0A

muted

#797C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #164E51

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

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