#16554E#16554E

#16554E is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.063 H 184.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16554E
RGB	rgb(22, 85, 78)
HSL	hsl(173, 59%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(173, 74%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 0%, 8.2%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.30, -21.40, -1.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.30, 21.47, 184.44°)
OKLab	oklab(40.85% -0.0631 -0.0048)
OKLCH	oklch(40.85% 0.063 184.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.9539, 7.2171, 8.3382)
Luminance	0.0722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16554E #55161D

analogous

#16552E #16554E #163C55

triadic

#16554E #4E1655 #554E16

tetradic

#16554E #2E1655 #55161D #3C5516

square

#16554E #2E1655 #55161D #3C5516

split-complementary

#16554E #55163C #552E16

monochromatic

#061816 #092421 #16554E #23867B #2FB6A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.59

#16554E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#16554E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16554E

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16554E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16554E	1.00	8.59	2.44	8.59
#FFFFFF	8.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#50504E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#47494F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005753

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16554e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 85, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.063 184.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e857f',
    500: '#16554e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16554e;
$custom-light: #5e857f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16554e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.333,
    "s": 58.879,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40851,
    "c": 0.06325,
    "h": 184.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16554E

secondary

#8C3A44

accent

#4657E2

background

#F5F8F7

surface

#EAEFEE

border

#C6CAC9

text

#050B0A

muted

#797C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #16554E

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

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