#16221E#16221E

#16221E is a very dark, near-neutral teal. Relative luminance 0.014; OKLCH L 23.9% C 0.019 H 172.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16221E
RGB	rgb(22, 34, 30)
HSL	hsl(160, 21%, 11%)
HSV	hsv(160, 35%, 13%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.3%, 0%, 11.8%, 86.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.01, -6.39, 1.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.01, 6.46, 171.09°)
OKLab	oklab(23.91% -0.0184 0.0026)
OKLCH	oklch(23.91% 0.019 172.1)
XYZ	xyz(1.1372, 1.4083, 1.4400)
Luminance	0.0141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16221E #22161A

analogous

#162218 #16221E #162022

triadic

#16221E #1E1622 #221E16

tetradic

#16221E #181622 #22161A #202216

square

#16221E #181622 #22161A #202216

split-complementary

#16221E #221620 #221816

monochromatic

#0C1310 #0C1310 #16221E #2E473F #466C60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.39

#16221E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.28

#16221E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16221E

16.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16221E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16221E	1.00	16.39	1.28	16.39
#FFFFFF	16.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#21201E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F1F1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#132221

Achromatopsia (no color)

#202020

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16221e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 34, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.9% 0.019 172.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#535d59',
    500: '#16221e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16221e;
$custom-light: #535d59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16221e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160,
    "s": 21.429,
    "l": 10.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23914,
    "c": 0.01854,
    "h": 172.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.01408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16221E

secondary

#553F46

accent

#6A86BE

background

#F4F5F5

surface

#E7E9E9

border

#C3C5C5

text

#020403

muted

#787978

Preview Lab

Preview with #16221E

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

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