#164F55#164F55

#164F55 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.058 H 205.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164F55
RGB	rgb(22, 79, 85)
HSL	hsl(186, 59%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(186, 74%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 7.1%, 0%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.44, -15.81, -8.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.44, 18.13, 209.32°)
OKLab	oklab(39.43% -0.0524 -0.0246)
OKLCH	oklch(39.43% 0.058 205.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.7658, 6.4179, 9.5802)
Luminance	0.0642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164F55 #551C16

analogous

#16553B #164F55 #162F55

triadic

#164F55 #55164F #4F5516

tetradic

#164F55 #3B1655 #551C16 #2F5516

square

#164F55 #3B1655 #551C16 #2F5516

split-complementary

#164F55 #55162F #553B16

monochromatic

#061718 #092224 #164F55 #237C86 #2FA9B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.20

#164F55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#164F55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164F55

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164F55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164F55	1.00	9.20	2.28	9.20
#FFFFFF	9.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484C55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F4555

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005351

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164f55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 79, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.058 205.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e8084',
    500: '#164f55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164f55;
$custom-light: #5e8084;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164f55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.714,
    "s": 58.879,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3943,
    "c": 0.05794,
    "h": 205.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164F55

secondary

#8C423A

accent

#5546E2

background

#F5F7F8

surface

#E9EEEF

border

#C5C9CA

text

#050A0B

muted

#797C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #164F55

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

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