#16503C#16503C

#16503C is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.069 H 166.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16503C
RGB	rgb(22, 80, 60)
HSL	hsl(159, 57%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(159, 73%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 0%, 25%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.99, -24.12, 6.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.99, 24.97, 165.06°)
OKLab	oklab(38.8% -0.0668 0.0165)
OKLCH	oklch(38.8% 0.069 166.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.0147, 6.2337, 5.2657)
Luminance	0.0623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16503C #50162A

analogous

#16501F #16503C #164750

triadic

#16503C #3C1650 #503C16

tetradic

#16503C #1F1650 #50162A #475016

square

#16503C #1F1650 #50162A #475016

split-complementary

#16503C #501647 #501F16

monochromatic

#071812 #092018 #16503C #238060 #30B084

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.35

#16503C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#16503C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16503C

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16503C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16503C	1.00	9.35	2.25	9.35
#FFFFFF	9.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4A3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#46443D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00504A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16503c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 80, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.069 166.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16503c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.31,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38799,
    "c": 0.06879,
    "h": 166.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16503C

secondary

#873A55

accent

#487CE0

background

#F5F7F6

surface

#E9EEEC

border

#C5C9C7

text

#040A07

muted

#797C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #16503C

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

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