#16585E#16585E

#16585E is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.064 H 204.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16585E
RGB	rgb(22, 88, 94)
HSL	hsl(185, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(185, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 6.4%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.89, -17.76, -9.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.89, 20.08, 207.82°)
OKLab	oklab(42.33% -0.0585 -0.026)
OKLCH	oklch(42.33% 0.064 204)
XYZ	xyz(5.8401, 7.9575, 11.8157)
Luminance	0.0796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16585E #5E1C16

analogous

#165E40 #16585E #16345E

triadic

#16585E #5E1658 #585E16

tetradic

#16585E #40165E #5E1C16 #345E16

square

#16585E #40165E #5E1C16 #345E16

split-complementary

#16585E #5E1634 #5E4016

monochromatic

#061719 #0A2A2C #16585E #228690 #2DB5C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.10

#16585E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#16585E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16585E

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16585E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16585E	1.00	8.10	2.59	8.10
#FFFFFF	8.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#50545E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#464C5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16585e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 88, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.064 204.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#60878b',
    500: '#16585e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16585e;
$custom-light: #60878b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16585e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42332,
    "c": 0.06402,
    "h": 204
  },
  "luminance": 0.07958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16585E

secondary

#95423B

accent

#5043E5

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBEFF0

border

#C6CACB

text

#050B0C

muted

#7A7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #16585E

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

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