#16503E#16503E

#16503E is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.067 H 168.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16503E
RGB	rgb(22, 80, 62)
HSL	hsl(161, 57%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(161, 73%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 0%, 22.5%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.05, -23.57, 5.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.05, 24.15, 167.47°)
OKLab	oklab(38.86% -0.0657 0.0134)
OKLCH	oklch(38.86% 0.067 168.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.0686, 6.2552, 5.5495)
Luminance	0.0626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16503E #501628

analogous

#165021 #16503E #164550

triadic

#16503E #3E1650 #503E16

tetradic

#16503E #211650 #501628 #455016

square

#16503E #211650 #501628 #455016

split-complementary

#16503E #501645 #502116

monochromatic

#071813 #092019 #16503E #238063 #30B088

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.33

#16503E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#16503E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16503E

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16503E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16503E	1.00	9.33	2.25	9.33
#FFFFFF	9.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4A3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#46443F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00504B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16503e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 80, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.067 168.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c8173',
    500: '#16503e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16503e;
$custom-light: #5c8173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16503e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.379,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3886,
    "c": 0.06704,
    "h": 168.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16503E

secondary

#873A52

accent

#4877E0

background

#F5F7F6

surface

#E9EEEC

border

#C5C9C7

text

#040A08

muted

#797C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #16503E

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

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