#16474C#16474C

#16474C is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.052 H 204.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16474C
RGB	rgb(22, 71, 76)
HSL	hsl(186, 55%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(186, 71%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 6.6%, 0%, 70.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.29, -14.33, -7.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.29, 16.33, 208.66°)
OKLab	oklab(36.77% -0.0472 -0.0217)
OKLCH	oklch(36.77% 0.052 204.7)
XYZ	xyz(3.8881, 5.1984, 7.6346)
Luminance	0.0520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16474C #4C1B16

analogous

#164C36 #16474C #162C4C

triadic

#16474C #4C1647 #474C16

tetradic

#16474C #36164C #4C1B16 #2C4C16

square

#16474C #36164C #4C1B16 #2C4C16

split-complementary

#16474C #4C162C #4C3616

monochromatic

#071618 #081B1D #16474C #24737B #31A0AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.30

#16474C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#16474C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16474C

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16474C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16474C	1.00	10.30	2.04	10.30
#FFFFFF	10.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#41444C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#393E4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004A48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16474c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 71, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.052 204.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5b7a7e',
    500: '#16474c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16474c;
$custom-light: #5b7a7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16474c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.556,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 19.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36772,
    "c": 0.05199,
    "h": 204.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16474C

secondary

#84413A

accent

#5749DE

background

#F5F7F7

surface

#E9EDEE

border

#C5C8C9

text

#040909

muted

#797B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #16474C

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

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