#16555A#16555A

#16555A is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.062 H 202.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16555A
RGB	rgb(22, 85, 90)
HSL	hsl(184, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(184, 76%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 5.6%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.71, -17.47, -8.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.71, 19.48, 206.31°)
OKLab	oklab(41.33% -0.057 -0.024)
OKLCH	oklch(41.33% 0.062 202.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.4240, 7.4051, 10.8143)
Luminance	0.0741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16555A #5A1B16

analogous

#165A3D #16555A #16335A

triadic

#16555A #5A1655 #555A16

tetradic

#16555A #3D165A #5A1B16 #335A16

square

#16555A #3D165A #5A1B16 #335A16

split-complementary

#16555A #5A1633 #5A3D16

monochromatic

#061719 #0A2729 #16555A #22838B #2EB2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.46

#16555A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#16555A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16555A

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16555A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16555A	1.00	8.46	2.48	8.46
#FFFFFF	8.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E515A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#444A5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005956

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16555a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 85, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.062 202.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f8588',
    500: '#16555a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16555a;
$custom-light: #5f8588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16555a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.412,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41326,
    "c": 0.06183,
    "h": 202.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16555A

secondary

#91413B

accent

#5044E4

background

#F5F8F8

surface

#EAEFEF

border

#C6CACA

text

#050B0B

muted

#797C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #16555A

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

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