#164E59#164E59

#164E59 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.059 H 213.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164E59
RGB	rgb(22, 78, 89)
HSL	hsl(190, 60%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(190, 75%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 12.4%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.25, -13.82, -11.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.25, 18.12, 220.30°)
OKLab	oklab(39.33% -0.0494 -0.0326)
OKLCH	oklch(39.33% 0.059 213.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.8577, 6.3401, 10.4170)
Luminance	0.0634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164E59 #592116

analogous

#165943 #164E59 #162D59

triadic

#164E59 #59164E #4E5916

tetradic

#164E59 #431659 #592116 #2D5916

square

#164E59 #431659 #592116 #2D5916

split-complementary

#164E59 #59162D #594316

monochromatic

#061619 #0A2328 #164E59 #22798A #2EA4BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.26

#164E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#164E59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164E59

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164E59	1.00	9.26	2.27	9.26
#FFFFFF	9.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#464B5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C4459

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005251

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 78, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.059 213.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e7f87',
    500: '#164e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164e59;
$custom-light: #5e7f87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.851,
    "s": 60.36,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3933,
    "c": 0.05918,
    "h": 213.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164E59

secondary

#90493B

accent

#5E44E4

background

#F5F7F8

surface

#EAEEEF

border

#C6C9CA

text

#050A0B

muted

#797C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #164E59

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

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