#16685B#16685B

#16685B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 46.7% C 0.078 H 179.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16685B
RGB	rgb(22, 104, 91)
HSL	hsl(170, 65%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(170, 79%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.8%, 0%, 12.5%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.29, -27.05, 0.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.29, 27.05, 178.97°)
OKLab	oklab(46.68% -0.078 0.0009)
OKLCH	oklch(46.68% 0.078 179.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.1686, 10.8257, 11.6073)
Luminance	0.1083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16685B #681623

analogous

#166832 #16685B #164C68

triadic

#16685B #5B1668 #685B16

tetradic

#16685B #321668 #681623 #4C6816

square

#16685B #321668 #681623 #4C6816

split-complementary

#16685B #68164C #683216

monochromatic

#051916 #0B352F #16685B #219B87 #2BCDB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.63

#16685B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.17

#16685B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16685B

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16685B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16685B	1.00	6.63	3.17	6.63
#FFFFFF	6.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#63615A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#58595C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006A64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16685b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 104, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.7% 0.078 179.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#629389',
    500: '#16685b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16685b;
$custom-light: #629389;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16685b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.488,
    "s": 65.079,
    "l": 24.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46681,
    "c": 0.07798,
    "h": 179.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16685B

secondary

#9F3B4B

accent

#405AE8

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF1F0

border

#C6CBCB

text

#060D0B

muted

#7A7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #16685B

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

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