#16483E#16483E

#16483E is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.056 H 177.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16483E
RGB	rgb(22, 72, 62)
HSL	hsl(168, 53%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(168, 69%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 0%, 13.9%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.17, -19.44, 1.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.17, 19.47, 176.77°)
OKLab	oklab(36.51% -0.0558 0.0026)
OKLCH	oklch(36.51% 0.056 177.3)
XYZ	xyz(3.5173, 5.1527, 5.3657)
Luminance	0.0515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16483E #481620

analogous

#164825 #16483E #163948

triadic

#16483E #3E1648 #483E16

tetradic

#16483E #251648 #481620 #394816

square

#16483E #251648 #481620 #394816

split-complementary

#16483E #481639 #482516

monochromatic

#071714 #081916 #16483E #247766 #33A68F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.34

#16483E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#16483E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16483E

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16483E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16483E	1.00	10.34	2.03	10.34
#FFFFFF	10.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#45433E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E3E3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004945

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16483e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 72, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.056 177.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5a7b73',
    500: '#16483e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16483e;
$custom-light: #5a7b73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16483e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 18.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36508,
    "c": 0.05586,
    "h": 177.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16483E

secondary

#7F3A48

accent

#4B68DD

background

#F5F7F6

surface

#E9EEEC

border

#C5C9C7

text

#040908

muted

#797B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #16483E

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

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