#16535B#16535B

#16535B is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.061 H 207.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16535B
RGB	rgb(22, 83, 91)
HSL	hsl(187, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(187, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.8%, 8.8%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.06, -15.99, -10.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.06, 19.00, 212.66°)
OKLab	oklab(40.81% -0.0542 -0.0285)
OKLCH	oklch(40.81% 0.061 207.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.3116, 7.1118, 10.9883)
Luminance	0.0711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16535B #5B1E16

analogous

#165B41 #16535B #16305B

triadic

#16535B #5B1653 #535B16

tetradic

#16535B #41165B #5B1E16 #305B16

square

#16535B #41165B #5B1E16 #305B16

split-complementary

#16535B #5B1630 #5B4116

monochromatic

#061619 #0A262A #16535B #22808C #2EADBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.67

#16535B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#16535B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16535B

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16535B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16535B	1.00	8.67	2.42	8.67
#FFFFFF	8.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B505C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#41485B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005755

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16535b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 83, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.061 207.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f8389',
    500: '#16535b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16535b;
$custom-light: #5f8389;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16535b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.957,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40812,
    "c": 0.06124,
    "h": 207.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16535B

secondary

#92453B

accent

#5644E4

background

#F5F8F8

surface

#EAEFF0

border

#C6CACB

text

#050A0B

muted

#797C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #16535B

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

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