#16575E#16575E

#16575E is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.064 H 205.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16575E
RGB	rgb(22, 87, 94)
HSL	hsl(186, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(186, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 7.4%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.55, -17.20, -9.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.55, 19.84, 209.90°)
OKLab	oklab(42.05% -0.0574 -0.0275)
OKLCH	oklch(42.05% 0.064 205.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.7586, 7.7944, 11.7885)
Luminance	0.0780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16575E #5E1D16

analogous

#165E41 #16575E #16335E

triadic

#16575E #5E1657 #575E16

tetradic

#16575E #41165E #5E1D16 #335E16

square

#16575E #41165E #5E1D16 #335E16

split-complementary

#16575E #5E1633 #5E4116

monochromatic

#061719 #0A292C #16575E #228590 #2DB3C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.21

#16575E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#16575E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16575E

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16575E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16575E	1.00	8.21	2.56	8.21
#FFFFFF	8.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F535E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#454C5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16575e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 87, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.064 205.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#60868b',
    500: '#16575e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16575e;
$custom-light: #60868b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16575e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.833,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42054,
    "c": 0.0636,
    "h": 205.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16575E

secondary

#95443B

accent

#5243E5

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBEFF0

border

#C6CACB

text

#050B0C

muted

#7A7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #16575E

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

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