#16493D#16493D

#16493D is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.058 H 174.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16493D
RGB	rgb(22, 73, 61)
HSL	hsl(166, 54%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(166, 70%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 16.4%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.50, -20.27, 2.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.50, 20.39, 173.73°)
OKLab	oklab(36.77% -0.0576 0.0056)
OKLCH	oklch(36.77% 0.058 174.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.5553, 5.2722, 5.2442)
Luminance	0.0527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16493D #491622

analogous

#164923 #16493D #163B49

triadic

#16493D #3D1649 #493D16

tetradic

#16493D #231649 #491622 #3B4916

square

#16493D #231649 #491622 #3B4916

split-complementary

#16493D #49163B #492316

monochromatic

#071814 #081A16 #16493D #247864 #32A78C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.22

#16493D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#16493D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16493D

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16493D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16493D	1.00	10.22	2.05	10.22
#FFFFFF	10.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#46443C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F3F3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004A45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16493d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 73, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.058 174.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5a7c72',
    500: '#16493d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16493d;
$custom-light: #5a7c72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16493d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.882,
    "s": 53.684,
    "l": 18.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36768,
    "c": 0.05787,
    "h": 174.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16493D

secondary

#803A4B

accent

#4B6DDD

background

#F5F7F6

surface

#E9EEEC

border

#C5C9C7

text

#040908

muted

#797B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #16493D

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

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