#16585B#16585B

#16585B is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.064 H 199.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16585B
RGB	rgb(22, 88, 91)
HSL	hsl(183, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(183, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.8%, 3.3%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.78, -18.78, -7.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.78, 20.28, 202.17°)
OKLab	oklab(42.21% -0.0599 -0.0212)
OKLCH	oklch(42.21% 0.064 199.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.7081, 7.9047, 11.1204)
Luminance	0.0790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16585B #5B1916

analogous

#165B3C #16585B #16355B

triadic

#16585B #5B1658 #585B16

tetradic

#16585B #3C165B #5B1916 #355B16

square

#16585B #3C165B #5B1916 #355B16

split-complementary

#16585B #5B1635 #5B3C16

monochromatic

#061819 #0A282A #16585B #22888C #2EB7BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.14

#16585B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#16585B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16585B

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16585B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16585B	1.00	8.14	2.58	8.14
#FFFFFF	8.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#51545B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#474C5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16585b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 88, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.064 199.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#608789',
    500: '#16585b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16585b;
$custom-light: #608789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16585b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.609,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42206,
    "c": 0.0636,
    "h": 199.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16585B

secondary

#923E3B

accent

#4B44E4

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBEFF0

border

#C6CACB

text

#050B0B

muted

#7A7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #16585B

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

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