#164E55#164E55

#164E55 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.058 H 207.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164E55
RGB	rgb(22, 78, 85)
HSL	hsl(187, 59%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(187, 74%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 8.2%, 0%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.10, -15.24, -9.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.10, 17.91, 211.69°)
OKLab	oklab(39.15% -0.0513 -0.0261)
OKLCH	oklch(39.15% 0.058 207)
XYZ	xyz(4.6943, 6.2747, 9.5563)
Luminance	0.0628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164E55 #551D16

analogous

#16553C #164E55 #162E55

triadic

#164E55 #55164E #4E5516

tetradic

#164E55 #3C1655 #551D16 #2E5516

square

#164E55 #3C1655 #551D16 #2E5516

split-complementary

#164E55 #55162E #553C16

monochromatic

#061618 #092124 #164E55 #237B86 #2FA7B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.31

#164E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#164E55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164E55

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164E55	1.00	9.31	2.26	9.31
#FFFFFF	9.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#474B55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E4455

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005250

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 78, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.058 207.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e7f84',
    500: '#164e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164e55;
$custom-light: #5e7f84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.667,
    "s": 58.879,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39149,
    "c": 0.05754,
    "h": 207
  },
  "luminance": 0.06275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164E55

secondary

#8C443A

accent

#5746E2

background

#F5F7F8

surface

#E9EEEF

border

#C5C9CA

text

#050A0B

muted

#797C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #164E55

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

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