#16553B#16553B

#16553B is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.077 H 161.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16553B
RGB	rgb(22, 85, 59)
HSL	hsl(155, 59%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(155, 74%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 0%, 30.6%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.77, -26.80, 9.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.77, 28.45, 160.40°)
OKLab	oklab(40.24% -0.0733 0.0243)
OKLCH	oklch(40.24% 0.077 161.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.3683, 6.9829, 5.2544)
Luminance	0.0698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16553B #551630

analogous

#16551B #16553B #164F55

triadic

#16553B #3B1655 #553B16

tetradic

#16553B #1B1655 #551630 #4F5516

square

#16553B #1B1655 #551630 #4F5516

split-complementary

#16553B #55164F #551B16

monochromatic

#061811 #092419 #16553B #23865D #2FB67E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.76

#16553B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#16553B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16553B

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16553B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16553B	1.00	8.76	2.40	8.76
#FFFFFF	8.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544E39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B483D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00554E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16553b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 85, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.077 161.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5d8571',
    500: '#16553b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16553b;
$custom-light: #5d8571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16553b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.238,
    "s": 58.879,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40244,
    "c": 0.07724,
    "h": 161.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16553B

secondary

#8C3A5C

accent

#4686E2

background

#F5F8F6

surface

#E9EFEC

border

#C5CAC7

text

#050B07

muted

#797C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #16553B

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

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