#16504C#16504C

#16504C is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.059 H 188.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16504C
RGB	rgb(22, 80, 76)
HSL	hsl(176, 57%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(176, 73%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 0%, 5%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.47, -19.38, -3.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.47, 19.62, 189.04°)
OKLab	oklab(39.35% -0.0582 -0.0087)
OKLCH	oklch(39.35% 0.059 188.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.5034, 6.4292, 7.8397)
Luminance	0.0643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16504C #50161A

analogous

#16502F #16504C #163750

triadic

#16504C #4C1650 #504C16

tetradic

#16504C #2F1650 #50161A #375016

square

#16504C #2F1650 #50161A #375016

split-complementary

#16504C #501637 #502F16

monochromatic

#071817 #09201E #16504C #23807A #30B0A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.19

#16504C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#16504C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16504C

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16504C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16504C	1.00	9.19	2.29	9.19
#FFFFFF	9.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4B4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#43454D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00524F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16504c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 80, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.059 188.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5d817e',
    500: '#16504c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16504c;
$custom-light: #5d817e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16504c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.862,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39345,
    "c": 0.05881,
    "h": 188.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16504C

secondary

#873A40

accent

#4852E0

background

#F5F7F7

surface

#E9EEEE

border

#C5C9C9

text

#050A09

muted

#797C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #16504C

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

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