#16484C#16484C

#16484C is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.053 H 202.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16484C
RGB	rgb(22, 72, 76)
HSL	hsl(184, 55%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(184, 71%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 5.3%, 0%, 70.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.65, -14.91, -7.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.65, 16.60, 206.08°)
OKLab	oklab(37.06% -0.0485 -0.0202)
OKLCH	oklch(37.06% 0.053 202.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.9522, 5.3267, 7.6559)
Luminance	0.0533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16484C #4C1A16

analogous

#164C35 #16484C #162D4C

triadic

#16484C #4C1648 #484C16

tetradic

#16484C #35164C #4C1A16 #2D4C16

square

#16484C #35164C #4C1A16 #2D4C16

split-complementary

#16484C #4C162D #4C3516

monochromatic

#071618 #081B1D #16484C #24757B #31A2AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.17

#16484C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#16484C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16484C

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16484C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16484C	1.00	10.17	2.07	10.17
#FFFFFF	10.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#42454C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A3F4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004B49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16484c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 72, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.053 202.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c7b7e',
    500: '#16484c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16484c;
$custom-light: #5c7b7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16484c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.444,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 19.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37057,
    "c": 0.05251,
    "h": 202.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16484C

secondary

#84403A

accent

#5449DE

background

#F5F7F7

surface

#E9EDEE

border

#C5C8C9

text

#040909

muted

#797B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #16484C

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

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