#16494F#16494F

#16494F is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.054 H 206.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16494F
RGB	rgb(22, 73, 79)
HSL	hsl(186, 56%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(186, 72%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 7.6%, 0%, 69%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.11, -14.45, -8.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.11, 16.78, 210.58°)
OKLab	oklab(37.47% -0.0482 -0.0237)
OKLCH	oklch(37.47% 0.054 206.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.1241, 5.4997, 8.2398)
Luminance	0.0550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16494F #4F1C16

analogous

#164F39 #16494F #162C4F

triadic

#16494F #4F1649 #494F16

tetradic

#16494F #39164F #4F1C16 #2C4F16

square

#16494F #39164F #4F1C16 #2C4F16

split-complementary

#16494F #4F162C #4F3916

monochromatic

#071618 #091D1F #16494F #23757F #31A1AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.00

#16494F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#16494F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16494F

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16494F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16494F	1.00	10.00	2.10	10.00
#FFFFFF	10.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#43464F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A404F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004C4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16494f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 73, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.054 206.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c7c80',
    500: '#16494f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16494f;
$custom-light: #5c7c80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16494f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.316,
    "s": 56.436,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37473,
    "c": 0.05371,
    "h": 206.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16494F

secondary

#86423A

accent

#5848E0

background

#F5F7F7

surface

#E9EEEE

border

#C5C9C9

text

#04090A

muted

#797B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #16494F

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

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