#16504A#16504A

#16504A is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.059 H 185.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16504A
RGB	rgb(22, 80, 74)
HSL	hsl(174, 57%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(174, 73%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 0%, 7.5%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.40, -20.01, -1.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.40, 20.10, 185.43°)
OKLab	oklab(39.27% -0.0592 -0.0055)
OKLCH	oklch(39.27% 0.059 185.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.4350, 6.4018, 7.4792)
Luminance	0.0640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16504A #50161C

analogous

#16502D #16504A #163950

triadic

#16504A #4A1650 #504A16

tetradic

#16504A #2D1650 #50161C #395016

square

#16504A #2D1650 #50161C #395016

split-complementary

#16504A #501639 #502D16

monochromatic

#071816 #09201E #16504A #238076 #30B0A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.21

#16504A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#16504A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16504A

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16504A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16504A	1.00	9.21	2.28	9.21
#FFFFFF	9.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4B4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#43454B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00524E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16504a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 80, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.059 185.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5d817c',
    500: '#16504a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16504a;
$custom-light: #5d817c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16504a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.793,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39269,
    "c": 0.05946,
    "h": 185.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16504A

secondary

#873A42

accent

#4857E0

background

#F5F7F7

surface

#E9EEEE

border

#C5C9C9

text

#050A09

muted

#797C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #16504A

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

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