#164E53#164E53

#164E53 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.057 H 203.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164E53
RGB	rgb(22, 78, 83)
HSL	hsl(185, 58%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(185, 73%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 6%, 0%, 67.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.02, -15.93, -8.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.02, 17.94, 207.35°)
OKLab	oklab(39.06% -0.0522 -0.0229)
OKLCH	oklch(39.06% 0.057 203.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.6159, 6.2434, 9.1438)
Luminance	0.0624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164E53 #531B16

analogous

#165339 #164E53 #162F53

triadic

#164E53 #53164E #4E5316

tetradic

#164E53 #391653 #531B16 #2F5316

square

#164E53 #391653 #531B16 #2F5316

split-complementary

#164E53 #53162F #533916

monochromatic

#061718 #092123 #164E53 #237B83 #30A9B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.34

#164E53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#164E53 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164E53

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164E53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164E53	1.00	9.34	2.25	9.34
#FFFFFF	9.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#474A53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E4453

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00514F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164e53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 78, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.057 203.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5d7f83',
    500: '#164e53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164e53;
$custom-light: #5d7f83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164e53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.918,
    "s": 58.095,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39061,
    "c": 0.05702,
    "h": 203.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164E53

secondary

#8A413A

accent

#5346E1

background

#F5F7F8

surface

#E9EEEF

border

#C5C9CA

text

#050A0A

muted

#797C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #164E53

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

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