#16565E#16565E

#16565E is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.063 H 207.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16565E
RGB	rgb(22, 86, 94)
HSL	hsl(187, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(187, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 8.5%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.21, -16.64, -10.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.21, 19.63, 212.03°)
OKLab	oklab(41.78% -0.0562 -0.0289)
OKLCH	oklch(41.78% 0.063 207.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.6782, 7.6336, 11.7617)
Luminance	0.0763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16565E #5E1E16

analogous

#165E42 #16565E #16325E

triadic

#16565E #5E1656 #565E16

tetradic

#16565E #42165E #5E1E16 #325E16

square

#16565E #42165E #5E1E16 #325E16

split-complementary

#16565E #5E1632 #5E4216

monochromatic

#061719 #0A292C #16565E #228390 #2DB1C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.31

#16565E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#16565E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16565E

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16565E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16565E	1.00	8.31	2.53	8.31
#FFFFFF	8.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E525F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#444B5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16565e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 86, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.063 207.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#60868b',
    500: '#16565e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16565e;
$custom-light: #60868b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16565e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.667,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41777,
    "c": 0.06323,
    "h": 207.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16565E

secondary

#95453B

accent

#5543E5

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBEFF0

border

#C6CACB

text

#050B0C

muted

#7A7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #16565E

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

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