#16494A#16494A

#16494A is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.053 H 197.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16494A
RGB	rgb(22, 73, 74)
HSL	hsl(181, 54%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(181, 70%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 1.4%, 0%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.93, -16.16, -5.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.93, 17.09, 199.05°)
OKLab	oklab(37.26% -0.0507 -0.0155)
OKLCH	oklch(37.26% 0.053 197)
XYZ	xyz(3.9489, 5.4296, 7.3171)
Luminance	0.0543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16494A #4A1716

analogous

#164A31 #16494A #162F4A

triadic

#16494A #4A1649 #494A16

tetradic

#16494A #31164A #4A1716 #2F4A16

square

#16494A #31164A #4A1716 #2F4A16

split-complementary

#16494A #4A162F #4A3116

monochromatic

#071718 #081A1B #16494A #247879 #32A6A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.07

#16494A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#16494A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16494A

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16494A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16494A	1.00	10.07	2.09	10.07
#FFFFFF	10.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#44454A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C3F4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004C49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16494a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 73, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.053 197.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5b7c7c',
    500: '#16494a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16494a;
$custom-light: #5b7c7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16494a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.154,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 18.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37258,
    "c": 0.05301,
    "h": 197
  },
  "luminance": 0.0543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16494A

secondary

#823C3A

accent

#4D4ADE

background

#F5F7F7

surface

#E9EEEE

border

#C5C9C9

text

#040909

muted

#797B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #16494A

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

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