#16554C#16554C

#16554C is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.064 H 181.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16554C
RGB	rgb(22, 85, 76)
HSL	hsl(171, 59%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(171, 74%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 0%, 10.6%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.23, -22.02, -0.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.23, 22.03, 181.27°)
OKLab	oklab(40.78% -0.0641 -0.0017)
OKLCH	oklch(40.78% 0.064 181.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.8833, 7.1888, 7.9663)
Luminance	0.0719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16554C #55161F

analogous

#16552C #16554C #163E55

triadic

#16554C #4C1655 #554C16

tetradic

#16554C #2C1655 #55161F #3E5516

square

#16554C #2C1655 #55161F #3E5516

split-complementary

#16554C #55163E #552C16

monochromatic

#061816 #092421 #16554C #238677 #2FB6A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.61

#16554C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#16554C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16554C

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16554C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16554C	1.00	8.61	2.44	8.61
#FFFFFF	8.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#51504C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#48494D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005752

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16554c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 85, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.064 181.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e857e',
    500: '#16554c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16554c;
$custom-light: #5e857e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16554c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.429,
    "s": 58.879,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40778,
    "c": 0.06414,
    "h": 181.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16554C

secondary

#8C3A46

accent

#465CE2

background

#F5F8F7

surface

#E9EFEE

border

#C5CAC9

text

#050B09

muted

#797C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #16554C

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

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