#164F48#164F48

#164F48 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.059 H 183.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164F48
RGB	rgb(22, 79, 72)
HSL	hsl(173, 56%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(173, 72%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 0%, 8.9%, 69%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.99, -20.11, -1.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.99, 20.14, 183.52°)
OKLab	oklab(38.91% -0.0591 -0.0037)
OKLCH	oklch(38.91% 0.059 183.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.2960, 6.2299, 7.1057)
Luminance	0.0623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164F48 #4F161D

analogous

#164F2C #164F48 #16394F

triadic

#164F48 #48164F #4F4816

tetradic

#164F48 #2C164F #4F161D #394F16

square

#164F48 #2C164F #4F161D #394F16

split-complementary

#164F48 #4F1639 #4F2C16

monochromatic

#071816 #091F1C #164F48 #237F74 #31AF9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.35

#164F48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#164F48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164F48

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164F48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164F48	1.00	9.35	2.25	9.35
#FFFFFF	9.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4A48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#434449

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00514D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164f48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 79, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.059 183.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c807a',
    500: '#164f48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164f48;
$custom-light: #5c807a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164f48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.632,
    "s": 56.436,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38907,
    "c": 0.05917,
    "h": 183.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164F48

secondary

#863A44

accent

#485BE0

background

#F5F7F7

surface

#E9EEED

border

#C5C9C8

text

#040A09

muted

#797C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #164F48

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

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