#164E57#164E57

#164E57 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.058 H 210.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164E57
RGB	rgb(22, 78, 87)
HSL	hsl(188, 60%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(188, 75%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 10.3%, 0%, 65.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.17, -14.53, -10.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.17, 17.97, 216.02°)
OKLab	oklab(39.24% -0.0503 -0.0294)
OKLCH	oklch(39.24% 0.058 210.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.7748, 6.3069, 9.9807)
Luminance	0.0631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164E57 #571F16

analogous

#165740 #164E57 #162E57

triadic

#164E57 #57164E #4E5716

tetradic

#164E57 #401657 #571F16 #2E5716

square

#164E57 #401657 #571F16 #2E5716

split-complementary

#164E57 #57162E #574016

monochromatic

#061618 #0A2226 #164E57 #227A88 #2FA6B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.29

#164E57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#164E57 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164E57

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164E57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164E57	1.00	9.29	2.26	9.29
#FFFFFF	9.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#464B58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D4457

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005251

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164e57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 78, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.058 210.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e7f86',
    500: '#164e57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164e57;
$custom-light: #5e7f86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164e57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.308,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39239,
    "c": 0.05826,
    "h": 210.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164E57

secondary

#8E463A

accent

#5B45E3

background

#F5F7F8

surface

#EAEEEF

border

#C6C9CA

text

#050A0B

muted

#797C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #164E57

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

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