#16535A#16535A

#16535A is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.061 H 206.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16535A
RGB	rgb(22, 83, 90)
HSL	hsl(186, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(186, 76%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 7.8%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.02, -16.34, -9.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.02, 18.99, 210.63°)
OKLab	oklab(40.77% -0.0547 -0.0269)
OKLCH	oklch(40.77% 0.061 206.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.2688, 7.0947, 10.7626)
Luminance	0.0709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16535A #5A1D16

analogous

#165A3F #16535A #16315A

triadic

#16535A #5A1653 #535A16

tetradic

#16535A #3F165A #5A1D16 #315A16

square

#16535A #3F165A #5A1D16 #315A16

split-complementary

#16535A #5A1631 #5A3F16

monochromatic

#061719 #0A2629 #16535A #22808B #2EAEBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.68

#16535A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#16535A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16535A

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16535A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16535A	1.00	8.68	2.42	8.68
#FFFFFF	8.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4F5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#42485A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005755

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16535a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 83, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.061 206.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f8388',
    500: '#16535a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16535a;
$custom-light: #5f8388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16535a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.176,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40768,
    "c": 0.06094,
    "h": 206.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16535A

secondary

#91443B

accent

#5444E4

background

#F5F8F8

surface

#EAEFEF

border

#C6CACA

text

#050A0B

muted

#797C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #16535A

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

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