#16533B#16533B

#16533B is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.074 H 162.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16533B
RGB	rgb(22, 83, 59)
HSL	hsl(156, 58%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(156, 73%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 0%, 28.9%, 67.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.05, -25.85, 8.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.05, 27.22, 161.71°)
OKLab	oklab(39.66% -0.0709 0.0218)
OKLCH	oklch(39.66% 0.074 162.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.2131, 6.6724, 5.2027)
Luminance	0.0667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16533B #53162E

analogous

#16531C #16533B #164C53

triadic

#16533B #3B1653 #533B16

tetradic

#16533B #1C1653 #53162E #4C5316

square

#16533B #1C1653 #53162E #4C5316

split-complementary

#16533B #53164C #531C16

monochromatic

#061811 #092319 #16533B #23835D #30B480

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.00

#16533B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#16533B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16533B

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16533B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16533B	1.00	9.00	2.33	9.00
#FFFFFF	9.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514D3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#49473D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00534C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16533b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 83, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.074 162.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c8471',
    500: '#16533b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16533b;
$custom-light: #5c8471;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16533b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.393,
    "s": 58.095,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39655,
    "c": 0.07421,
    "h": 162.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16533B

secondary

#8A3A5A

accent

#4683E1

background

#F5F8F6

surface

#E9EFEC

border

#C5CAC7

text

#040B07

muted

#797C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #16533B

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

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