#16594B#16594B

#16594B is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.070 H 175.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16594B
RGB	rgb(22, 89, 75)
HSL	hsl(167, 60%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(167, 75%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 0%, 15.7%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.61, -24.36, 2.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.61, 24.46, 174.97°)
OKLab	oklab(41.89% -0.0693 0.0053)
OKLCH	oklch(41.89% 0.07 175.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.1726, 7.8227, 7.8926)
Luminance	0.0782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16594B #591624

analogous

#16592A #16594B #164659

triadic

#16594B #4B1659 #594B16

tetradic

#16594B #2A1659 #591624 #465916

square

#16594B #2A1659 #591624 #465916

split-complementary

#16594B #591646 #592A16

monochromatic

#061915 #0A2822 #16594B #228A74 #2EBB9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.19

#16594B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#16594B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16594B

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16594B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16594B	1.00	8.19	2.56	8.19
#FFFFFF	8.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#56534A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C4C4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16594b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 89, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.070 175.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e887d',
    500: '#16594b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16594b;
$custom-light: #5e887d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16594b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.463,
    "s": 60.36,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41892,
    "c": 0.06955,
    "h": 175.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16594B

secondary

#903B4C

accent

#4466E4

background

#F5F8F7

surface

#EAF0EE

border

#C6CBC9

text

#050B09

muted

#797C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #16594B

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

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