#16555E#16555E

#16555E is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.063 H 208.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16555E
RGB	rgb(22, 85, 94)
HSL	hsl(188, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(188, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 9.6%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.86, -16.08, -10.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.86, 19.44, 214.21°)
OKLab	oklab(41.5% -0.0551 -0.0304)
OKLCH	oklch(41.5% 0.063 208.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.5989, 7.4751, 11.7353)
Luminance	0.0748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16555E #5E1F16

analogous

#165E43 #16555E #16315E

triadic

#16555E #5E1655 #555E16

tetradic

#16555E #43165E #5E1F16 #315E16

square

#16555E #43165E #5E1F16 #315E16

split-complementary

#16555E #5E1631 #5E4316

monochromatic

#061619 #0A282C #16555E #228290 #2DAFC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.42

#16555E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#16555E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16555E

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16555E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16555E	1.00	8.42	2.50	8.42
#FFFFFF	8.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D525F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#434A5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005958

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16555e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 85, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.063 208.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#60858b',
    500: '#16555e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16555e;
$custom-light: #60858b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16555e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.5,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.415,
    "c": 0.06291,
    "h": 208.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16555E

secondary

#95463B

accent

#5743E5

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBEFF0

border

#C6CACB

text

#050B0C

muted

#7A7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #16555E

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

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