#16594E#16594E

#16594E is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.068 H 179.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16594E
RGB	rgb(22, 89, 78)
HSL	hsl(170, 60%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(170, 75%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 0%, 12.4%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.70, -23.47, 0.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.70, 23.47, 179.04°)
OKLab	oklab(41.99% -0.0678 0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(41.99% 0.068 179.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.2777, 7.8648, 8.4462)
Luminance	0.0786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16594E #591621

analogous

#16592D #16594E #164359

triadic

#16594E #4E1659 #594E16

tetradic

#16594E #2D1659 #591621 #435916

square

#16594E #2D1659 #591621 #435916

split-complementary

#16594E #591643 #592D16

monochromatic

#061916 #0A2823 #16594E #228A79 #2EBBA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.16

#16594E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#16594E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16594E

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16594E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16594E	1.00	8.16	2.57	8.16
#FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#55534E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C4C4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16594e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 89, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.068 179.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f887f',
    500: '#16594e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16594e;
$custom-light: #5f887f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16594e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.149,
    "s": 60.36,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41994,
    "c": 0.06776,
    "h": 179.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16594E

secondary

#903B49

accent

#445EE4

background

#F5F8F7

surface

#EAF0EE

border

#C6CBC9

text

#050B0A

muted

#797C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #16594E

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

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