#16201B#16201B

#16201B is a very dark, near-neutral teal. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 23.2% C 0.017 H 163.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16201B
RGB	rgb(22, 32, 27)
HSL	hsl(150, 19%, 11%)
HSV	hsv(150, 31%, 13%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.2%, 0%, 15.6%, 87.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.15, -5.86, 1.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.15, 6.17, 161.57°)
OKLab	oklab(23.19% -0.0165 0.0051)
OKLCH	oklch(23.19% 0.017 163)
XYZ	xyz(1.0452, 1.2827, 1.2292)
Luminance	0.0128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16201B #20161B

analogous

#162016 #16201B #162020

triadic

#16201B #1B1620 #201B16

tetradic

#16201B #161620 #20161B #202016

square

#16201B #161620 #20161B #202016

split-complementary

#16201B #201620 #201616

monochromatic

#0C120F #0C120F #16201B #2F443A #486958

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.71

#16201B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.26

#16201B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16201B

16.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16201B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16201B	1.00	16.71	1.26	16.71
#FFFFFF	16.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#201F1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E1D1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#14201F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1E1E1E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16201b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 32, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.2% 0.017 163.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#535b57',
    500: '#16201b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16201b;
$custom-light: #535b57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16201b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150,
    "s": 18.519,
    "l": 10.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23194,
    "c": 0.01727,
    "h": 163
  },
  "luminance": 0.01283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16201B

secondary

#523F49

accent

#6D94BB

background

#F4F5F5

surface

#E7E9E9

border

#C3C5C5

text

#020403

muted

#787978

Preview Lab

Preview with #16201B

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

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