#16261E#16261E

#16261E is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 25.1% C 0.027 H 162.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16261E
RGB	rgb(22, 38, 30)
HSL	hsl(150, 27%, 12%)
HSV	hsv(150, 42%, 15%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.1%, 0%, 21.1%, 85.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.53, -9.02, 3.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.53, 9.57, 160.54°)
OKLab	oklab(25.14% -0.0252 0.0082)
OKLCH	oklch(25.14% 0.027 162)
XYZ	xyz(1.2583, 1.6505, 1.4803)
Luminance	0.0165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16261E #26161E

analogous

#162616 #16261E #162626

triadic

#16261E #1E1626 #261E16

tetradic

#16261E #161626 #26161E #262616

square

#16261E #161626 #26161E #262616

split-complementary

#16261E #261626 #261616

monochromatic

#0B130F #0B130F #16261E #2C4D3D #43745B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.79

#16261E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.33

#16261E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16261E

15.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16261E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16261E	1.00	15.79	1.33	15.79
#FFFFFF	15.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#26241E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#23221E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#122624

Achromatopsia (no color)

#232323

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16261e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 38, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(25.1% 0.027 162.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#536059',
    500: '#16261e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16261e;
$custom-light: #536059;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16261e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150,
    "s": 26.667,
    "l": 11.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.25135,
    "c": 0.02654,
    "h": 162
  },
  "luminance": 0.01651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16261E

secondary

#5A3E4C

accent

#6594C3

background

#F4F5F5

surface

#E7E9E9

border

#C3C5C5

text

#020403

muted

#787978

Preview Lab

Preview with #16261E

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

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