#16553E#16553E

#16553E is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.074 H 164.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16553E
RGB	rgb(22, 85, 62)
HSL	hsl(158, 59%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(158, 74%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 0%, 27.1%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.84, -26.02, 7.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.84, 27.16, 163.37°)
OKLab	oklab(40.33% -0.0717 0.0199)
OKLCH	oklch(40.33% 0.074 164.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.4484, 7.0149, 5.6761)
Luminance	0.0702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16553E #55162D

analogous

#16551E #16553E #164C55

triadic

#16553E #3E1655 #553E16

tetradic

#16553E #1E1655 #55162D #4C5516

square

#16553E #1E1655 #55162D #4C5516

split-complementary

#16553E #55164C #551E16

monochromatic

#061812 #09241B #16553E #238661 #2FB685

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.74

#16553E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#16553E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16553E

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16553E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16553E	1.00	8.74	2.40	8.74
#FFFFFF	8.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534E3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B483F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00554F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16553e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 85, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.074 164.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5d8573',
    500: '#16553e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16553e;
$custom-light: #5d8573;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16553e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.095,
    "s": 58.879,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40328,
    "c": 0.07438,
    "h": 164.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16553E

secondary

#8C3A58

accent

#467FE2

background

#F5F8F6

surface

#E9EFEC

border

#C5CAC7

text

#050B08

muted

#797C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #16553E

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

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