#16201D#16201D

#16201D is a very dark, near-neutral teal. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 23.3% C 0.015 H 174.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16201D
RGB	rgb(22, 32, 29)
HSL	hsl(162, 19%, 11%)
HSV	hsv(162, 31%, 13%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.2%, 0%, 9.4%, 87.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.22, -5.31, 0.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.22, 5.34, 173.73°)
OKLab	oklab(23.27% -0.0154 0.0015)
OKLCH	oklch(23.27% 0.015 174.5)
XYZ	xyz(1.0691, 1.2923, 1.3553)
Luminance	0.0129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16201D #201619

analogous

#162018 #16201D #161E20

triadic

#16201D #1D1620 #201D16

tetradic

#16201D #181620 #201619 #1E2016

square

#16201D #181620 #201619 #1E2016

split-complementary

#16201D #20161E #201816

monochromatic

#0C1210 #0C1210 #16201D #2F443E #48695F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.69

#16201D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.26

#16201D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16201D

16.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16201D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16201D	1.00	16.69	1.26	16.69
#FFFFFF	16.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F1F1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D1D1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#14201F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1E1E1E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16201d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 32, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.3% 0.015 174.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#535b58',
    500: '#16201d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16201d;
$custom-light: #535b58;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16201d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162,
    "s": 18.519,
    "l": 10.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23271,
    "c": 0.01544,
    "h": 174.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.01292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16201D

secondary

#523F45

accent

#6D84BB

background

#F4F5F5

surface

#E7E9E9

border

#C3C5C5

text

#020403

muted

#787978

Preview Lab

Preview with #16201D

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

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