#16423C#16423C

#16423C is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.049 H 183.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16423C
RGB	rgb(22, 66, 60)
HSL	hsl(172, 50%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(172, 67%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 0%, 9.1%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.93, -16.77, -0.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.93, 16.79, 182.92°)
OKLab	oklab(34.67% -0.0492 -0.0026)
OKLCH	oklch(34.67% 0.049 183)
XYZ	xyz(3.0943, 4.3929, 4.9589)
Luminance	0.0439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16423C #42161C

analogous

#164226 #16423C #163242

triadic

#16423C #3C1642 #423C16

tetradic

#16423C #261642 #42161C #324216

square

#16423C #261642 #42161C #324216

split-complementary

#16423C #421632 #422616

monochromatic

#081715 #081715 #16423C #257066 #359E8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.18

#16423C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#16423C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16423C

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16423C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16423C	1.00	11.18	1.88	11.18
#FFFFFF	11.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3E3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#38393D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004340

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16423c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 66, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.049 183.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#597671',
    500: '#16423c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16423c;
$custom-light: #597671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16423c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.818,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 17.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3467,
    "c": 0.04928,
    "h": 183
  },
  "luminance": 0.04393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16423C

secondary

#793A43

accent

#4E61DA

background

#F5F7F6

surface

#E9EDEC

border

#C5C8C7

text

#040807

muted

#797B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #16423C

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

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