Recognised as Colour
#16534B
- #16534B
- Cyan
- Dark
- Nearest: Dark slate grey
#16534B is a cyan with RGB values 22, 83, 75 and HSL 172°, 58%, 21%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.
Colour values
#16534B#16534B
HEX#16534B
RGBrgb(22, 83, 75)
RGB (0–1)0.0863, 0.3255, 0.2941
RGB percentages8.6%, 32.5%, 29.4%
HSLhsl(172.1, 58.1%, 20.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(172.1, 73.5%, 32.5%)
CMYK73.5%, 0%, 9.6%, 67.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,463,115
CSS custom property--colour: #16534B;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.06865WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness69.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.85:1
Contrast with white8.85:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#454545
Inverted#E9ACB4
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.85:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.37:1WCAG large text: Fail
Named colours
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#53161E
Analogous#16532C, #163C53
Triadic#4B1653, #534B16
Split complementary#53163C, #532C16
Tetradic#2D1653, #53161E, #3D5316
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R22
G83
B75
Red22 (8.6%)
Green83 (32.5%)
Blue75 (29.4%)
Hue172.13°
Saturation (HSL)58.1%
Lightness20.59%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 16 · G 53 · B 4B
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