#16534A#16534A

#16534A is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.063 H 181.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16534A
RGB	rgb(22, 83, 74)
HSL	hsl(171, 58%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(171, 73%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 0%, 10.8%, 67.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.47, -21.60, -0.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.47, 21.60, 180.91°)
OKLab	oklab(40.13% -0.0628 -0.0013)
OKLCH	oklch(40.13% 0.063 181.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.6596, 6.8510, 7.5540)
Luminance	0.0685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16534A #53161F

analogous

#16532C #16534A #163D53

triadic

#16534A #4A1653 #534A16

tetradic

#16534A #2C1653 #53161F #3D5316

square

#16534A #2C1653 #53161F #3D5316

split-complementary

#16534A #53163D #532C16

monochromatic

#061816 #09231F #16534A #238375 #30B4A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.86

#16534A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#16534A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16534A

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16534A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16534A	1.00	8.86	2.37	8.86
#FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4E4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#46474B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005550

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16534a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 83, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.063 181.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5d847c',
    500: '#16534a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16534a;
$custom-light: #5d847c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16534a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.148,
    "s": 58.095,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40132,
    "c": 0.06282,
    "h": 181.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16534A

secondary

#8A3A46

accent

#465DE1

background

#F5F8F7

surface

#E9EFEE

border

#C5CAC9

text

#050B09

muted

#797C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #16534A

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

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