#16595E#16595E

#16595E is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.065 H 202.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16595E
RGB	rgb(22, 89, 94)
HSL	hsl(184, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(184, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 5.3%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.24, -18.31, -8.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.24, 20.34, 205.80°)
OKLab	oklab(42.61% -0.0596 -0.0246)
OKLCH	oklch(42.61% 0.065 202.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.9227, 8.1228, 11.8432)
Luminance	0.0812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16595E #5E1B16

analogous

#165E3F #16595E #16355E

triadic

#16595E #5E1659 #595E16

tetradic

#16595E #3F165E #5E1B16 #355E16

square

#16595E #3F165E #5E1B16 #355E16

split-complementary

#16595E #5E1635 #5E3F16

monochromatic

#061719 #0A2A2C #16595E #228890 #2DB7C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.00

#16595E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.62

#16595E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16595E

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16595E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16595E	1.00	8.00	2.62	8.00
#FFFFFF	8.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#52555E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#474D5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005D5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16595e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 89, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.065 202.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#60888b',
    500: '#16595e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16595e;
$custom-light: #60888b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16595e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.167,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42609,
    "c": 0.0645,
    "h": 202.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16595E

secondary

#95413B

accent

#4E43E5

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBEFF0

border

#C6CACB

text

#050B0C

muted

#7A7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #16595E

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

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