#16493E#16493E

#16493E is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.057 H 176.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16493E
RGB	rgb(22, 73, 62)
HSL	hsl(167, 54%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(167, 70%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 15.1%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.53, -19.97, 1.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.53, 20.04, 175.36°)
OKLab	oklab(36.8% -0.057 0.004)
OKLCH	oklch(36.8% 0.057 176)
XYZ	xyz(3.5825, 5.2831, 5.3874)
Luminance	0.0528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16493E #491621

analogous

#164924 #16493E #163A49

triadic

#16493E #3E1649 #493E16

tetradic

#16493E #241649 #491621 #3A4916

square

#16493E #241649 #491621 #3A4916

split-complementary

#16493E #49163A #492416

monochromatic

#071814 #081A16 #16493E #247866 #32A78E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.21

#16493E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#16493E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16493E

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16493E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16493E	1.00	10.21	2.06	10.21
#FFFFFF	10.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#46443E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F3F3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004A46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16493e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 73, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.057 176.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5a7c73',
    500: '#16493e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16493e;
$custom-light: #5a7c73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16493e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.059,
    "s": 53.684,
    "l": 18.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36802,
    "c": 0.05719,
    "h": 176
  },
  "luminance": 0.05283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16493E

secondary

#803A49

accent

#4B6ADD

background

#F5F7F6

surface

#E9EEEC

border

#C5C9C7

text

#040908

muted

#797B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #16493E

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

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