#16545B#16545B

#16545B is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.062 H 206.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16545B
RGB	rgb(22, 84, 91)
HSL	hsl(186, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(186, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.8%, 7.7%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.40, -16.56, -9.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.40, 19.21, 210.44°)
OKLab	oklab(41.09% -0.0554 -0.027)
OKLCH	oklch(41.09% 0.062 206)
XYZ	xyz(5.3887, 7.2659, 11.0140)
Luminance	0.0727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16545B #5B1D16

analogous

#165B40 #16545B #16325B

triadic

#16545B #5B1654 #545B16

tetradic

#16545B #40165B #5B1D16 #325B16

square

#16545B #40165B #5B1D16 #325B16

split-complementary

#16545B #5B1632 #5B4016

monochromatic

#061719 #0A272A #16545B #22818C #2EAFBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.56

#16545B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#16545B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16545B

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16545B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16545B	1.00	8.56	2.45	8.56
#FFFFFF	8.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C505B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#43495B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005856

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16545b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 84, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.062 206.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f8489',
    500: '#16545b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16545b;
$custom-light: #5f8489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16545b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.087,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4109,
    "c": 0.06161,
    "h": 206
  },
  "luminance": 0.07267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16545B

secondary

#92443B

accent

#5444E4

background

#F5F8F8

surface

#EAEFF0

border

#C6CACB

text

#050B0B

muted

#797C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #16545B

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

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