#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
RGBrgb(22, 81, 90)
HSLhsl(188, 61%, 22%)
HSVhsv(188, 76%, 35%)
CMYKcmyk(75.6%, 10%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LABlab(31.33, -15.20, -10.72)
CIE-LCHlch(31.33, 18.60, 215.20°)
OKLaboklab(40.21% -0.0524 -0.0298)
OKLCHoklch(40.21% 0.06 209.6)
XYZxyz(5.1180, 6.7930, 10.7123)
Luminance0.0679 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##16515A1.008.902.368.90
#FFFFFF8.901.0021.001.00
#0000002.3621.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.901.0021.001.00

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

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#16515A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva