#16544E#16544E

#16544E is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.062 H 185.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16544E
RGB	rgb(22, 84, 78)
HSL	hsl(174, 58%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(174, 74%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.8%, 0%, 7.1%, 67.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.94, -20.88, -2.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.94, 20.99, 185.96°)
OKLab	oklab(40.57% -0.0619 -0.0062)
OKLCH	oklch(40.57% 0.062 185.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.8757, 7.0607, 8.3121)
Luminance	0.0706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16544E #54161C

analogous

#16542F #16544E #163B54

triadic

#16544E #4E1654 #544E16

tetradic

#16544E #2F1654 #54161C #3B5416

square

#16544E #2F1654 #54161C #3B5416

split-complementary

#16544E #54163B #542F16

monochromatic

#061817 #092421 #16544E #23847B #2FB5A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.71

#16544E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#16544E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16544E

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16544E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16544E	1.00	8.71	2.41	8.71
#FFFFFF	8.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4F4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#46484F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005652

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16544e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 84, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.062 185.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e847f',
    500: '#16544e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16544e;
$custom-light: #5e847f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16544e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.194,
    "s": 58.491,
    "l": 20.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40565,
    "c": 0.0622,
    "h": 185.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16544E

secondary

#8B3A42

accent

#4655E2

background

#F5F8F7

surface

#E9EFEE

border

#C5CAC9

text

#050B0A

muted

#797C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #16544E

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

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