#164E56#164E56

#164E56 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.058 H 208.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164E56
RGB	rgb(22, 78, 86)
HSL	hsl(188, 59%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(188, 74%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 9.3%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.13, -14.89, -9.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.13, 17.93, 213.86°)
OKLab	oklab(39.19% -0.0508 -0.0277)
OKLCH	oklch(39.19% 0.058 208.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.7343, 6.2907, 9.7670)
Luminance	0.0629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164E56 #561E16

analogous

#16563E #164E56 #162E56

triadic

#164E56 #56164E #4E5616

tetradic

#164E56 #3E1656 #561E16 #2E5616

square

#164E56 #3E1656 #561E16 #2E5616

split-complementary

#164E56 #56162E #563E16

monochromatic

#061618 #0A2225 #164E56 #227A87 #2FA6B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.30

#164E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#164E56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164E56

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164E56	1.00	9.30	2.26	9.30
#FFFFFF	9.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#474B57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D4456

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005250

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 78, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.058 208.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e7f85',
    500: '#164e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164e56;
$custom-light: #5e7f85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.5,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39194,
    "c": 0.05787,
    "h": 208.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164E56

secondary

#8D453A

accent

#5945E2

background

#F5F7F8

surface

#E9EEEF

border

#C5C9CA

text

#050A0B

muted

#797C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #164E56

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

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