#16535E#16535E

#16535E is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.062 H 212.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16535E
RGB	rgb(22, 83, 94)
HSL	hsl(189, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(189, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 11.7%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.18, -14.93, -11.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.18, 19.14, 218.72°)
OKLab	oklab(40.95% -0.0528 -0.0333)
OKLCH	oklch(40.95% 0.062 212.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.4437, 7.1646, 11.6835)
Luminance	0.0717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16535E #5E2116

analogous

#165E45 #16535E #162F5E

triadic

#16535E #5E1653 #535E16

tetradic

#16535E #45165E #5E2116 #2F5E16

square

#16535E #45165E #5E2116 #2F5E16

split-complementary

#16535E #5E162F #5E4516

monochromatic

#061619 #0A272C #16535E #227F90 #2DABC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.63

#16535E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#16535E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16535E

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16535E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16535E	1.00	8.63	2.43	8.63
#FFFFFF	8.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A505F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#40495E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005756

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16535e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 83, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.062 212.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f838b',
    500: '#16535e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16535e;
$custom-light: #5f838b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16535e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.167,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40947,
    "c": 0.06245,
    "h": 212.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16535E

secondary

#95493B

accent

#5B43E5

background

#F5F8F8

surface

#EAEFF0

border

#C6CACB

text

#050A0C

muted

#797C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #16535E

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

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