#16423B#16423B

#16423B is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.050 H 181.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16423B
RGB	rgb(22, 66, 59)
HSL	hsl(170, 50%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(170, 67%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 0%, 10.6%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.90, -17.08, -0.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.90, 17.08, 180.81°)
OKLab	oklab(34.63% -0.0498 -0.0009)
OKLCH	oklch(34.63% 0.05 181.1)
XYZ	xyz(3.0682, 4.3825, 4.8210)
Luminance	0.0438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16423B #42161D

analogous

#164225 #16423B #163342

triadic

#16423B #3B1642 #423B16

tetradic

#16423B #251642 #42161D #334216

square

#16423B #251642 #42161D #334216

split-complementary

#16423B #421633 #422516

monochromatic

#081715 #081715 #16423B #257064 #359E8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.19

#16423B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#16423B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16423B

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16423B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16423B	1.00	11.19	1.88	11.19
#FFFFFF	11.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3E3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#38393C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004340

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16423b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 66, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.050 181.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#597670',
    500: '#16423b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16423b;
$custom-light: #597670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16423b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.455,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 17.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34633,
    "c": 0.04977,
    "h": 181.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16423B

secondary

#793A44

accent

#4E64DA

background

#F5F7F6

surface

#E9EDEC

border

#C5C8C7

text

#040807

muted

#797B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #16423B

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

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