#16494B#16494B

#16494B is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.053 H 198.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16494B
RGB	rgb(22, 73, 75)
HSL	hsl(182, 55%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(182, 71%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 2.7%, 0%, 70.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.96, -15.82, -6.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.96, 16.98, 201.32°)
OKLab	oklab(37.3% -0.0502 -0.0171)
OKLCH	oklch(37.3% 0.053 198.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.9829, 5.4432, 7.4960)
Luminance	0.0544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16494B #4B1816

analogous

#164B33 #16494B #162F4B

triadic

#16494B #4B1649 #494B16

tetradic

#16494B #33164B #4B1816 #2F4B16

square

#16494B #33164B #4B1816 #2F4B16

split-complementary

#16494B #4B162F #4B3316

monochromatic

#071718 #081B1C #16494B #24777A #32A5AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.05

#16494B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#16494B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16494B

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16494B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16494B	1.00	10.05	2.09	10.05
#FFFFFF	10.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#43454B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B3F4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004C49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16494b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 73, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.053 198.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c7c7d',
    500: '#16494b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16494b;
$custom-light: #5c7c7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16494b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.264,
    "s": 54.639,
    "l": 19.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.373,
    "c": 0.05303,
    "h": 198.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16494B

secondary

#833D3A

accent

#4F4ADE

background

#F5F7F7

surface

#E9EEEE

border

#C5C9C9

text

#040909

muted

#797B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #16494B

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

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