#164F59#164F59

#164F59 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.059 H 211.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164F59
RGB	rgb(22, 79, 89)
HSL	hsl(189, 60%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(189, 75%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 11.2%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.60, -14.40, -11.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.60, 18.24, 217.86°)
OKLab	oklab(39.61% -0.0505 -0.0311)
OKLCH	oklch(39.61% 0.059 211.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.9293, 6.4832, 10.4409)
Luminance	0.0648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164F59 #592016

analogous

#165942 #164F59 #162E59

triadic

#164F59 #59164F #4F5916

tetradic

#164F59 #421659 #592016 #2E5916

square

#164F59 #421659 #592016 #2E5916

split-complementary

#164F59 #59162E #594216

monochromatic

#061619 #0A2328 #164F59 #227B8A #2EA6BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.14

#164F59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#164F59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164F59

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164F59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164F59	1.00	9.14	2.30	9.14
#FFFFFF	9.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#474C5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E4559

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005352

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164f59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 79, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.059 211.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e8087',
    500: '#164f59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164f59;
$custom-light: #5e8087;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164f59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.955,
    "s": 60.36,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39609,
    "c": 0.05936,
    "h": 211.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164F59

secondary

#90473B

accent

#5C44E4

background

#F5F7F8

surface

#EAEEEF

border

#C6C9CA

text

#050A0B

muted

#797C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #164F59

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

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