#16423D#16423D

#16423D is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.049 H 185.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16423D
RGB	rgb(22, 66, 61)
HSL	hsl(173, 50%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(173, 67%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 0%, 7.6%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.96, -16.45, -1.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.96, 16.52, 185.09°)
OKLab	oklab(34.71% -0.0487 -0.0042)
OKLCH	oklch(34.71% 0.049 185)
XYZ	xyz(3.1210, 4.4036, 5.0995)
Luminance	0.0440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16423D #42161B

analogous

#164227 #16423D #163142

triadic

#16423D #3D1642 #423D16

tetradic

#16423D #271642 #42161B #314216

square

#16423D #271642 #42161B #314216

split-complementary

#16423D #421631 #422716

monochromatic

#081715 #081715 #16423D #257067 #359E92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.17

#16423D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#16423D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16423D

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16423D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16423D	1.00	11.17	1.88	11.17
#FFFFFF	11.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3E3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#38393E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004440

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16423d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 66, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.049 185.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#597672',
    500: '#16423d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16423d;
$custom-light: #597672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16423d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.182,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 17.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34708,
    "c": 0.04885,
    "h": 185
  },
  "luminance": 0.04404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16423D

secondary

#793A42

accent

#4E5EDA

background

#F5F7F6

surface

#E9EDEC

border

#C5C8C7

text

#040808

muted

#797B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #16423D

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

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