#16514B#16514B

#16514B is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.060 H 185.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16514B
RGB	rgb(22, 81, 75)
HSL	hsl(174, 57%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(174, 73%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.8%, 0%, 7.4%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.79, -20.23, -1.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.79, 20.33, 185.57°)
OKLab	oklab(39.59% -0.0599 -0.0056)
OKLCH	oklch(39.59% 0.06 185.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.5427, 6.5629, 7.6826)
Luminance	0.0656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16514B #51161C

analogous

#16512D #16514B #163A51

triadic

#16514B #4B1651 #514B16

tetradic

#16514B #2D1651 #51161C #3A5116

square

#16514B #2D1651 #51161C #3A5116

split-complementary

#16514B #51163A #512D16

monochromatic

#071816 #09211E #16514B #238178 #30B1A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.08

#16514B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#16514B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16514B

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16514B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16514B	1.00	9.08	2.31	9.08
#FFFFFF	9.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4C4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#44464C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00534F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16514b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 81, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.060 185.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5d827d',
    500: '#16514b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16514b;
$custom-light: #5d827d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16514b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.898,
    "s": 57.282,
    "l": 20.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39594,
    "c": 0.06016,
    "h": 185.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16514B

secondary

#883A42

accent

#4757E1

background

#F5F8F7

surface

#E9EFEE

border

#C5CAC9

text

#050A09

muted

#797C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #16514B

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

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