#16494D#16494D

#16494D is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.053 H 202.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16494D
RGB	rgb(22, 73, 77)
HSL	hsl(184, 56%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(184, 71%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 5.2%, 0%, 69.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.04, -15.14, -7.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.04, 16.83, 205.92°)
OKLab	oklab(37.39% -0.0492 -0.0204)
OKLCH	oklch(37.39% 0.053 202.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.0524, 5.4710, 7.8622)
Luminance	0.0547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16494D #4D1A16

analogous

#164D36 #16494D #162E4D

triadic

#16494D #4D1649 #494D16

tetradic

#16494D #36164D #4D1A16 #2E4D16

square

#16494D #36164D #4D1A16 #2E4D16

split-complementary

#16494D #4D162E #4D3616

monochromatic

#071718 #081C1D #16494D #24767D #31A3AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.03

#16494D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#16494D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16494D

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16494D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16494D	1.00	10.03	2.09	10.03
#FFFFFF	10.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#43464D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B404D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004C4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16494d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 73, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.053 202.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16494d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.364,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37385,
    "c": 0.05325,
    "h": 202.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16494D

secondary

#85403A

accent

#5449DF

background

#F5F7F7

surface

#E9EEEE

border

#C5C9C9

text

#04090A

muted

#797B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #16494D

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

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