#16504B#16504B

#16504B is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.059 H 186.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16504B
RGB	rgb(22, 80, 75)
HSL	hsl(175, 57%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(175, 73%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 0%, 6.2%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.44, -19.69, -2.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.44, 19.85, 187.21°)
OKLab	oklab(39.31% -0.0587 -0.0071)
OKLCH	oklch(39.31% 0.059 186.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.4690, 6.4154, 7.6580)
Luminance	0.0642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16504B #50161B

analogous

#16502E #16504B #163850

triadic

#16504B #4B1650 #504B16

tetradic

#16504B #2E1650 #50161B #385016

square

#16504B #2E1650 #50161B #385016

split-complementary

#16504B #501638 #502E16

monochromatic

#071817 #09201E #16504B #238078 #30B0A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.20

#16504B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#16504B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16504B

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16504B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16504B	1.00	9.20	2.28	9.20
#FFFFFF	9.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4B4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#43454C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00524E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16504b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 80, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.059 186.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5d817d',
    500: '#16504b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16504b;
$custom-light: #5d817d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16504b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.828,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39307,
    "c": 0.05911,
    "h": 186.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16504B

secondary

#873A41

accent

#4855E0

background

#F5F7F7

surface

#E9EEEE

border

#C5C9C9

text

#050A09

muted

#797C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #16504B

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

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