#16525A#16525A

#16525A is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.061 H 207.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16525A
RGB	rgb(22, 82, 90)
HSL	hsl(187, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(187, 76%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 8.9%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.68, -15.78, -10.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.68, 18.79, 212.89°)
OKLab	oklab(40.49% -0.0535 -0.0283)
OKLCH	oklch(40.49% 0.061 207.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.1928, 6.9427, 10.7373)
Luminance	0.0694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16525A #5A1E16

analogous

#165A40 #16525A #16305A

triadic

#16525A #5A1652 #525A16

tetradic

#16525A #40165A #5A1E16 #305A16

square

#16525A #40165A #5A1E16 #305A16

split-complementary

#16525A #5A1630 #5A4016

monochromatic

#061619 #0A2529 #16525A #227F8B #2EACBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.79

#16525A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#16525A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16525A

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16525A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16525A	1.00	8.79	2.39	8.79
#FFFFFF	8.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4F5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#41475A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005654

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16525a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 82, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.061 207.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f8288',
    500: '#16525a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16525a;
$custom-light: #5f8288;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16525a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.059,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40489,
    "c": 0.06058,
    "h": 207.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16525A

secondary

#91453B

accent

#5744E4

background

#F5F8F8

surface

#EAEFEF

border

#C6CACA

text

#050A0B

muted

#797C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #16525A

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

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