#16423E#16423E

#16423E is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.049 H 187.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16423E
RGB	rgb(22, 66, 62)
HSL	hsl(175, 50%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(175, 67%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 0%, 6.1%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.00, -16.14, -2.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.00, 16.27, 187.33°)
OKLab	oklab(34.75% -0.0481 -0.0059)
OKLCH	oklch(34.75% 0.049 187)
XYZ	xyz(3.1482, 4.4145, 5.2427)
Luminance	0.0442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16423E #42161A

analogous

#164228 #16423E #163042

triadic

#16423E #3E1642 #423E16

tetradic

#16423E #281642 #42161A #304216

square

#16423E #281642 #42161A #304216

split-complementary

#16423E #421630 #422816

monochromatic

#081716 #081716 #16423E #257069 #359E94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.15

#16423E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#16423E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16423E

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16423E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16423E	1.00	11.15	1.88	11.15
#FFFFFF	11.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3E3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#37393E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004441

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16423e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 66, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.049 187.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#597673',
    500: '#16423e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16423e;
$custom-light: #597673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16423e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.545,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 17.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34747,
    "c": 0.0485,
    "h": 187
  },
  "luminance": 0.04415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16423E

secondary

#793A40

accent

#4E5BDA

background

#F5F7F6

surface

#E9EDEC

border

#C5C8C7

text

#040808

muted

#797B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #16423E

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

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