#16483B#16483B

#16483B is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.058 H 172.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16483B
RGB	rgb(22, 72, 59)
HSL	hsl(164, 53%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(164, 69%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 0%, 18.1%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.08, -20.32, 2.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.08, 20.53, 171.83°)
OKLab	oklab(36.41% -0.0574 0.0074)
OKLCH	oklch(36.41% 0.058 172.7)
XYZ	xyz(3.4373, 5.1207, 4.9441)
Luminance	0.0512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16483B #481623

analogous

#164822 #16483B #163C48

triadic

#16483B #3B1648 #483B16

tetradic

#16483B #221648 #481623 #3C4816

square

#16483B #221648 #481623 #3C4816

split-complementary

#16483B #48163C #482216

monochromatic

#071713 #081915 #16483B #247761 #33A688

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.37

#16483B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#16483B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16483B

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16483B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16483B	1.00	10.37	2.02	10.37
#FFFFFF	10.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#46433A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E3E3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004944

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16483b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 72, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.058 172.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5a7b70',
    500: '#16483b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16483b;
$custom-light: #5a7b70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16483b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.4,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 18.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36406,
    "c": 0.05791,
    "h": 172.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16483B

secondary

#7F3A4C

accent

#4B71DD

background

#F5F7F6

surface

#E9EEEC

border

#C5C9C7

text

#040907

muted

#797B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #16483B

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

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