#16422C#16422C

#16422C is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 34.2% C 0.062 H 158.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16422C
RGB	rgb(22, 66, 44)
HSL	hsl(150, 50%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(150, 67%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 0%, 33.3%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.48, -21.28, 8.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.48, 23.10, 157.09°)
OKLab	oklab(34.15% -0.0581 0.0228)
OKLCH	oklch(34.15% 0.062 158.6)
XYZ	xyz(2.7335, 4.2486, 3.0584)
Luminance	0.0425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Hunter Green (survey)

#0B4008

ΔE00 9.49

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16422C #42162C

analogous

#164216 #16422C #164242

triadic

#16422C #2C1642 #422C16

tetradic

#16422C #161642 #42162C #424216

square

#16422C #161642 #42162C #424216

split-complementary

#16422C #421642 #421616

monochromatic

#08170F #08170F #16422C #25704B #359E69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.35

#16422C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#16422C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16422C

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16422C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16422C	1.00	11.35	1.85	11.35
#FFFFFF	11.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413D2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B382D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#05423C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16422c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 66, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.2% 0.062 158.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#587765',
    500: '#16422c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16422c;
$custom-light: #587765;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16422c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 17.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34151,
    "c": 0.06245,
    "h": 158.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16422C

secondary

#793A5A

accent

#4E94DA

background

#F5F7F6

surface

#E9EDEB

border

#C5C8C6

text

#040805

muted

#797B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #16422C

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

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