#16504F#16504F

#16504F is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.058 H 193.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16504F
RGB	rgb(22, 80, 79)
HSL	hsl(179, 57%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(179, 73%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 0%, 1.2%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.57, -18.40, -4.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.57, 19.03, 194.76°)
OKLab	oklab(39.46% -0.0566 -0.0135)
OKLCH	oklch(39.46% 0.058 193.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.6102, 6.4719, 8.4019)
Luminance	0.0647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16504F #501617

analogous

#165032 #16504F #163450

triadic

#16504F #4F1650 #504F16

tetradic

#16504F #321650 #501617 #345016

square

#16504F #321650 #501617 #345016

split-complementary

#16504F #501634 #503216

monochromatic

#071818 #092020 #16504F #23807E #30B0AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.15

#16504F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#16504F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16504F

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16504F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16504F	1.00	9.15	2.29	9.15
#FFFFFF	9.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4C4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#42454F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005350

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16504f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 80, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.058 193.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5d8180',
    500: '#16504f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16504f;
$custom-light: #5d8180;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16504f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.966,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39462,
    "c": 0.0582,
    "h": 193.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16504F

secondary

#873A3C

accent

#484AE0

background

#F5F7F7

surface

#E9EEEE

border

#C5C9C9

text

#050A0A

muted

#797C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #16504F

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

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