#16503A#16503A

#16503A is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.071 H 164.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16503A
RGB	rgb(22, 80, 58)
HSL	hsl(157, 57%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(157, 73%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 0%, 27.5%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.94, -24.66, 7.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.94, 25.81, 162.81°)
OKLab	oklab(38.74% -0.0679 0.0195)
OKLCH	oklch(38.74% 0.071 164)
XYZ	xyz(3.9628, 6.2130, 4.9925)
Luminance	0.0621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16503A #50162C

analogous

#16501D #16503A #164950

triadic

#16503A #3A1650 #503A16

tetradic

#16503A #1D1650 #50162C #495016

square

#16503A #1D1650 #50162C #495016

split-complementary

#16503A #501649 #501D16

monochromatic

#071811 #092017 #16503A #23805D #30B080

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.36

#16503A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#16503A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16503A

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16503A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16503A	1.00	9.36	2.24	9.36
#FFFFFF	9.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4A39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#47443B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00504A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16503a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 80, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.071 164.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c8170',
    500: '#16503a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16503a;
$custom-light: #5c8170;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16503a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.241,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3874,
    "c": 0.07063,
    "h": 164
  },
  "luminance": 0.06213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16503A

secondary

#873A58

accent

#4882E0

background

#F5F7F6

surface

#E9EEEC

border

#C5C9C7

text

#040A07

muted

#797C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #16503A

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

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