#164E54#164E54

#164E54 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.057 H 205.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164E54
RGB	rgb(22, 78, 84)
HSL	hsl(186, 58%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(186, 74%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.8%, 7.1%, 0%, 67.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.06, -15.59, -8.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.06, 17.91, 209.52°)
OKLab	oklab(39.11% -0.0517 -0.0245)
OKLCH	oklch(39.11% 0.057 205.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.6548, 6.2589, 9.3486)
Luminance	0.0626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164E54 #541C16

analogous

#16543B #164E54 #162F54

triadic

#164E54 #54164E #4E5416

tetradic

#164E54 #3B1654 #541C16 #2F5416

square

#164E54 #3B1654 #541C16 #2F5416

split-complementary

#164E54 #54162F #543B16

monochromatic

#061718 #092124 #164E54 #237B84 #2FA8B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.33

#164E54 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#164E54 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164E54

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164E54	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164E54	1.00	9.33	2.25	9.33
#FFFFFF	9.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#474B54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E4454

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005250

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164e54;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 78, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.057 205.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5d7f84',
    500: '#164e54',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164e54;
$custom-light: #5d7f84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164e54",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.806,
    "s": 58.491,
    "l": 20.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39105,
    "c": 0.05725,
    "h": 205.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164E54

secondary

#8B423A

accent

#5546E2

background

#F5F7F8

surface

#E9EEEF

border

#C5C9CA

text

#050A0A

muted

#797C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #164E54

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

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