#16515A#16515A

#16515A is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.060 H 209.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16515A
RGB	rgb(22, 81, 90)
HSL	hsl(188, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(188, 76%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 10%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.33, -15.20, -10.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.33, 18.60, 215.20°)
OKLab	oklab(40.21% -0.0524 -0.0298)
OKLCH	oklch(40.21% 0.06 209.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.1180, 6.7930, 10.7123)
Luminance	0.0679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16515A #5A1F16

analogous

#165A41 #16515A #162F5A

triadic

#16515A #5A1651 #515A16

tetradic

#16515A #41165A #5A1F16 #2F5A16

square

#16515A #41165A #5A1F16 #2F5A16

split-complementary

#16515A #5A162F #5A4116

monochromatic

#061619 #0A2529 #16515A #227D8B #2EAABC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.90

#16515A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#16515A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16515A

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16515A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16515A	1.00	8.90	2.36	8.90
#FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494E5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F475A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005554

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16515a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 81, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.060 209.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f8288',
    500: '#16515a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16515a;
$custom-light: #5f8288;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16515a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.941,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40211,
    "c": 0.06027,
    "h": 209.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16515A

secondary

#91463B

accent

#5944E4

background

#F5F7F8

surface

#EAEEEF

border

#C6C9CA

text

#050A0B

muted

#797C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #16515A

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

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