#16453E#16453E

#16453E is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.052 H 181.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16453E
RGB	rgb(22, 69, 62)
HSL	hsl(171, 52%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(171, 68%, 27%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 0%, 10.1%, 72.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.08, -17.81, -0.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.08, 17.82, 181.55°)
OKLab	oklab(35.63% -0.052 -0.0016)
OKLCH	oklch(35.63% 0.052 181.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.3281, 4.7743, 5.3026)
Luminance	0.0478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16453E #45161D

analogous

#164526 #16453E #163445

triadic

#16453E #3E1645 #453E16

tetradic

#16453E #261645 #45161D #344516

square

#16453E #261645 #45161D #344516

split-complementary

#16453E #451634 #452616

monochromatic

#071715 #071715 #16453E #257368 #34A291

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.74

#16453E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#16453E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16453E

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16453E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16453E	1.00	10.74	1.96	10.74
#FFFFFF	10.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#42413E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B3C3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004643

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16453e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 69, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.052 181.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5a7973',
    500: '#16453e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16453e;
$custom-light: #5a7973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16453e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.064,
    "s": 51.648,
    "l": 17.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35627,
    "c": 0.05201,
    "h": 181.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16453E

secondary

#7C3A44

accent

#4D62DB

background

#F5F7F6

surface

#E9EDEC

border

#C5C8C7

text

#040908

muted

#797B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #16453E

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

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