#16534D#16534D

#16534D is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.062 H 185.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16534D
RGB	rgb(22, 83, 77)
HSL	hsl(174, 58%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(174, 73%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 0%, 7.2%, 67.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.56, -20.66, -2.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.56, 20.77, 185.83°)
OKLab	oklab(40.24% -0.0612 -0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(40.24% 0.062 185.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.7631, 6.8924, 8.0991)
Luminance	0.0689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16534D #53161C

analogous

#16532E #16534D #163A53

triadic

#16534D #4D1653 #534D16

tetradic

#16534D #2E1653 #53161C #3A5316

square

#16534D #2E1653 #53161C #3A5316

split-complementary

#16534D #53163A #532E16

monochromatic

#061816 #092320 #16534D #23837A #30B4A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.83

#16534D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#16534D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16534D

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16534D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16534D	1.00	8.83	2.38	8.83
#FFFFFF	8.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4E4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#46484E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005551

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16534d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 83, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.062 185.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5d837e',
    500: '#16534d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16534d;
$custom-light: #5d837e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16534d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.098,
    "s": 58.095,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40242,
    "c": 0.06152,
    "h": 185.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16534D

secondary

#8A3A42

accent

#4656E1

background

#F5F8F7

surface

#E9EFEE

border

#C5CAC9

text

#050B0A

muted

#797C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #16534D

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

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