#16484E#16484E

#16484E is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.053 H 206.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16484E
RGB	rgb(22, 72, 78)
HSL	hsl(186, 56%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(186, 72%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 7.7%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.72, -14.21, -8.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.72, 16.55, 210.82°)
OKLab	oklab(37.15% -0.0475 -0.0235)
OKLCH	oklch(37.15% 0.053 206.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.0228, 5.3549, 8.0278)
Luminance	0.0536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16484E #4E1C16

analogous

#164E38 #16484E #162C4E

triadic

#16484E #4E1648 #484E16

tetradic

#16484E #38164E #4E1C16 #2C4E16

square

#16484E #38164E #4E1C16 #2C4E16

split-complementary

#16484E #4E162C #4E3816

monochromatic

#071618 #091C1E #16484E #23747E #31A0AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.14

#16484E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#16484E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16484E

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16484E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16484E	1.00	10.14	2.07	10.14
#FFFFFF	10.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#42454E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#393F4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004B4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16484e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 72, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.053 206.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c7b7f',
    500: '#16484e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16484e;
$custom-light: #5c7b7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16484e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.429,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37145,
    "c": 0.05299,
    "h": 206.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16484E

secondary

#85423A

accent

#5949DF

background

#F5F7F7

surface

#E9EDEE

border

#C5C8C9

text

#04090A

muted

#797B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #16484E

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

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