#16503B#16503B

#16503B is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.070 H 165.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16503B
RGB	rgb(22, 80, 59)
HSL	hsl(158, 57%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(158, 73%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 0%, 26.2%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.97, -24.39, 7.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.97, 25.38, 163.92°)
OKLab	oklab(38.77% -0.0673 0.018)
OKLCH	oklch(38.77% 0.07 165.1)
XYZ	xyz(3.9885, 6.2232, 5.1278)
Luminance	0.0622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16503B #50162B

analogous

#16501E #16503B #164850

triadic

#16503B #3B1650 #503B16

tetradic

#16503B #1E1650 #50162B #485016

square

#16503B #1E1650 #50162B #485016

split-complementary

#16503B #501648 #501E16

monochromatic

#071812 #092018 #16503B #23805E #30B082

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.35

#16503B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#16503B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16503B

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16503B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16503B	1.00	9.35	2.24	9.35
#FFFFFF	9.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4A3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#46443C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00504A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16503b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 80, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.070 165.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c8171',
    500: '#16503b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16503b;
$custom-light: #5c8171;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16503b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.276,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3877,
    "c": 0.0697,
    "h": 165.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16503B

secondary

#873A56

accent

#487FE0

background

#F5F7F6

surface

#E9EEEC

border

#C5C9C7

text

#040A07

muted

#797C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #16503B

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

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