#16494C#16494C

#16494C is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.053 H 200.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16494C
RGB	rgb(22, 73, 76)
HSL	hsl(183, 55%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(183, 71%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 3.9%, 0%, 70.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.00, -15.48, -6.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.00, 16.90, 203.61°)
OKLab	oklab(37.34% -0.0497 -0.0187)
OKLCH	oklch(37.34% 0.053 200.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.0174, 5.4570, 7.6777)
Luminance	0.0546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16494C #4C1916

analogous

#164C34 #16494C #162E4C

triadic

#16494C #4C1649 #494C16

tetradic

#16494C #34164C #4C1916 #2E4C16

square

#16494C #34164C #4C1916 #2E4C16

split-complementary

#16494C #4C162E #4C3416

monochromatic

#071718 #081B1D #16494C #24777B #31A4AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.04

#16494C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#16494C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16494C

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16494C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16494C	1.00	10.04	2.09	10.04
#FFFFFF	10.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#43464C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B3F4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004C4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16494c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 73, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.053 200.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c7c7e',
    500: '#16494c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16494c;
$custom-light: #5c7c7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16494c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.333,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 19.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37342,
    "c": 0.05311,
    "h": 200.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16494C

secondary

#843E3A

accent

#5249DE

background

#F5F7F7

surface

#E9EEEE

border

#C5C9C9

text

#040909

muted

#797B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #16494C

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

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