#16423F#16423F

#16423F is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.048 H 189.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16423F
RGB	rgb(22, 66, 63)
HSL	hsl(176, 50%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(176, 67%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 0%, 4.5%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.03, -15.81, -2.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.03, 16.04, 189.64°)
OKLab	oklab(34.79% -0.0476 -0.0075)
OKLCH	oklch(34.79% 0.048 189)
XYZ	xyz(3.1759, 4.4256, 5.3885)
Luminance	0.0443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16423F #421619

analogous

#164229 #16423F #162F42

triadic

#16423F #3F1642 #423F16

tetradic

#16423F #291642 #421619 #2F4216

square

#16423F #291642 #421619 #2F4216

split-complementary

#16423F #42162F #422916

monochromatic

#081716 #081716 #16423F #25706B #359E97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.14

#16423F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#16423F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16423F

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16423F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16423F	1.00	11.14	1.89	11.14
#FFFFFF	11.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3E3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#37393F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004441

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16423f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 66, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.048 189.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#597674',
    500: '#16423f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16423f;
$custom-light: #597674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16423f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.909,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 17.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34786,
    "c": 0.0482,
    "h": 189
  },
  "luminance": 0.04426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16423F

secondary

#793A3F

accent

#4E58DA

background

#F5F7F7

surface

#E9EDED

border

#C5C8C8

text

#040808

muted

#797B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #16423F

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

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