#16554F#16554F

#16554F is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.063 H 185.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16554F
RGB	rgb(22, 85, 79)
HSL	hsl(174, 59%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(174, 74%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 0%, 7.1%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.33, -21.09, -2.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.33, 21.21, 186.08°)
OKLab	oklab(40.89% -0.0625 -0.0064)
OKLCH	oklch(40.89% 0.063 185.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.9900, 7.2315, 8.5285)
Luminance	0.0723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16554F #55161C

analogous

#16552F #16554F #163B55

triadic

#16554F #4F1655 #554F16

tetradic

#16554F #2F1655 #55161C #3B5516

square

#16554F #2F1655 #55161C #3B5516

split-complementary

#16554F #55163B #552F16

monochromatic

#061817 #092422 #16554F #23867C #2FB6A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.58

#16554F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#16554F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16554F

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16554F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16554F	1.00	8.58	2.45	8.58
#FFFFFF	8.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#50504F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#474950

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005753

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16554f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 85, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.063 185.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e8580',
    500: '#16554f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16554f;
$custom-light: #5e8580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16554f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.286,
    "s": 58.879,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40888,
    "c": 0.06288,
    "h": 185.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16554F

secondary

#8C3A42

accent

#4655E2

background

#F5F8F7

surface

#EAEFEE

border

#C6CAC9

text

#050B0A

muted

#797C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #16554F

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

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