#164F56#164F56

#164F56 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.058 H 206.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164F56
RGB	rgb(22, 79, 86)
HSL	hsl(187, 59%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(187, 74%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 8.1%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.48, -15.46, -9.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.48, 18.13, 211.46°)
OKLab	oklab(39.47% -0.052 -0.0263)
OKLCH	oklch(39.47% 0.058 206.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.8058, 6.4339, 9.7909)
Luminance	0.0643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164F56 #561D16

analogous

#16563D #164F56 #162F56

triadic

#164F56 #56164F #4F5616

tetradic

#164F56 #3D1656 #561D16 #2F5616

square

#164F56 #3D1656 #561D16 #2F5616

split-complementary

#164F56 #56162F #563D16

monochromatic

#061618 #0A2225 #164F56 #227C87 #2FA9B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.18

#164F56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#164F56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164F56

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164F56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164F56	1.00	9.18	2.29	9.18
#FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484C56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F4556

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005351

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164f56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 79, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.058 206.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e8085',
    500: '#164f56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164f56;
$custom-light: #5e8085;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164f56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.563,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39474,
    "c": 0.05822,
    "h": 206.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164F56

secondary

#8D443A

accent

#5745E2

background

#F5F7F8

surface

#EAEEEF

border

#C6C9CA

text

#050A0B

muted

#797C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #164F56

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

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