#16554A#16554A

#16554A is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.065 H 178.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16554A
RGB	rgb(22, 85, 74)
HSL	hsl(170, 59%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(170, 74%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 0%, 12.9%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.17, -22.63, 0.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.17, 22.64, 178.26°)
OKLab	oklab(40.71% -0.0652 0.0015)
OKLCH	oklch(40.71% 0.065 178.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.8148, 7.1614, 7.6058)
Luminance	0.0716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16554A #551621

analogous

#16552A #16554A #164055

triadic

#16554A #4A1655 #554A16

tetradic

#16554A #2A1655 #551621 #405516

square

#16554A #2A1655 #551621 #405516

split-complementary

#16554A #551640 #552A16

monochromatic

#061815 #092420 #16554A #238674 #2FB69F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.63

#16554A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#16554A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16554A

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16554A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16554A	1.00	8.63	2.43	8.63
#FFFFFF	8.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514F4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#48494B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005652

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16554a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 85, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.065 178.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e857c',
    500: '#16554a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16554a;
$custom-light: #5e857c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16554a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.524,
    "s": 58.879,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40708,
    "c": 0.0652,
    "h": 178.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16554A

secondary

#8C3A49

accent

#4661E2

background

#F5F8F7

surface

#E9EFEE

border

#C5CAC9

text

#050B09

muted

#797C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #16554A

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

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