#16545E#16545E

#16545E is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.063 H 210.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16545E
RGB	rgb(22, 84, 94)
HSL	hsl(188, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(188, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 10.6%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.52, -15.51, -11.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.52, 19.28, 216.44°)
OKLab	oklab(41.22% -0.0539 -0.0319)
OKLCH	oklch(41.22% 0.063 210.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.5207, 7.3187, 11.7092)
Luminance	0.0732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16545E #5E2016

analogous

#165E44 #16545E #16305E

triadic

#16545E #5E1654 #545E16

tetradic

#16545E #44165E #5E2016 #305E16

square

#16545E #44165E #5E2016 #305E16

split-complementary

#16545E #5E1630 #5E4416

monochromatic

#061619 #0A282C #16545E #228090 #2DADC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.52

#16545E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#16545E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16545E

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16545E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16545E	1.00	8.52	2.46	8.52
#FFFFFF	8.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C515F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#42495E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005857

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16545e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 84, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.063 210.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#60848b',
    500: '#16545e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16545e;
$custom-light: #60848b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16545e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.333,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41224,
    "c": 0.06265,
    "h": 210.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16545E

secondary

#95473B

accent

#5943E5

background

#F5F8F8

surface

#EAEFF0

border

#C6CACB

text

#050B0C

muted

#797C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #16545E

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

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