#16505B#16505B

#16505B is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.060 H 213.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16505B
RGB	rgb(22, 80, 91)
HSL	hsl(190, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(190, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.8%, 12.1%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.03, -14.27, -11.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.03, 18.53, 219.64°)
OKLab	oklab(39.98% -0.0508 -0.0329)
OKLCH	oklch(39.98% 0.061 213)
XYZ	xyz(5.0871, 6.6626, 10.9134)
Luminance	0.0666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16505B #5B2116

analogous

#165B44 #16505B #162E5B

triadic

#16505B #5B1650 #505B16

tetradic

#16505B #44165B #5B2116 #2E5B16

square

#16505B #44165B #5B2116 #2E5B16

split-complementary

#16505B #5B162E #5B4416

monochromatic

#061619 #0A252A #16505B #227B8C #2EA7BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.00

#16505B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#16505B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16505B

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16505B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16505B	1.00	9.00	2.33	9.00
#FFFFFF	9.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484D5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E465B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005453

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16505b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 80, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.060 213.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f8189',
    500: '#16505b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16505b;
$custom-light: #5f8189;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16505b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.565,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39979,
    "c": 0.0605,
    "h": 213
  },
  "luminance": 0.06663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16505B

secondary

#92493B

accent

#5D44E4

background

#F5F7F8

surface

#EAEEF0

border

#C6C9CB

text

#050A0B

muted

#797C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #16505B

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

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