#16534E#16534E

#16534E is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.061 H 187.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16534E
RGB	rgb(22, 83, 78)
HSL	hsl(175, 58%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(175, 73%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 0%, 6%, 67.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.59, -20.35, -2.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.59, 20.52, 187.55°)
OKLab	oklab(40.28% -0.0607 -0.0076)
OKLCH	oklch(40.28% 0.061 187.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.7986, 6.9066, 8.2865)
Luminance	0.0691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16534E #53161B

analogous

#16532F #16534E #163953

triadic

#16534E #4E1653 #534E16

tetradic

#16534E #2F1653 #53161B #395316

square

#16534E #2F1653 #53161B #395316

split-complementary

#16534E #531639 #532F16

monochromatic

#061817 #092321 #16534E #23837B #30B4A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.82

#16534E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#16534E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16534E

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16534E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16534E	1.00	8.82	2.38	8.82
#FFFFFF	8.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4E4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#45484F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005551

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16534e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 83, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.061 187.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5d837f',
    500: '#16534e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16534e;
$custom-light: #5d837f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16534e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.082,
    "s": 58.095,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40279,
    "c": 0.06118,
    "h": 187.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16534E

secondary

#8A3A41

accent

#4653E1

background

#F5F8F7

surface

#E9EFEE

border

#C5CAC9

text

#050B0A

muted

#797C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #16534E

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

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