#16504E#16504E

#16504E is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.058 H 191.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16504E
RGB	rgb(22, 80, 78)
HSL	hsl(178, 57%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(178, 73%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 0%, 2.5%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.54, -18.73, -4.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.54, 19.21, 192.82°)
OKLab	oklab(39.42% -0.0571 -0.0119)
OKLCH	oklch(39.42% 0.058 191.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.5741, 6.4574, 8.2116)
Luminance	0.0646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16504E #501618

analogous

#165031 #16504E #163550

triadic

#16504E #4E1650 #504E16

tetradic

#16504E #311650 #501618 #355016

square

#16504E #311650 #501618 #355016

split-complementary

#16504E #501635 #503116

monochromatic

#071817 #09201F #16504E #23807D #30B0AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.16

#16504E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#16504E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16504E

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16504E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16504E	1.00	9.16	2.29	9.16
#FFFFFF	9.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4C4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#42454E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00524F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16504e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 80, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.058 191.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5d817f',
    500: '#16504e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16504e;
$custom-light: #5d817f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16504e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.931,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39422,
    "c": 0.05835,
    "h": 191.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16504E

secondary

#873A3D

accent

#484DE0

background

#F5F7F7

surface

#E9EEEE

border

#C5C9C9

text

#050A0A

muted

#797C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #16504E

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

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