#16685E#16685E

#16685E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 46.8% C 0.077 H 182.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16685E
RGB	rgb(22, 104, 94)
HSL	hsl(173, 65%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(173, 79%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.8%, 0%, 9.6%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.38, -26.14, -1.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.38, 26.17, 182.66°)
OKLab	oklab(46.78% -0.0764 -0.0037)
OKLCH	oklch(46.78% 0.077 182.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.3006, 10.8785, 12.3025)
Luminance	0.1088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16685E #681620

analogous

#166835 #16685E #164968

triadic

#16685E #5E1668 #685E16

tetradic

#16685E #351668 #681620 #496816

square

#16685E #351668 #681620 #496816

split-complementary

#16685E #681649 #683516

monochromatic

#051917 #0B3530 #16685E #219B8C #2BCDB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.61

#16685E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.18

#16685E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16685E

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16685E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16685E	1.00	6.61	3.18	6.61
#FFFFFF	6.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#63625E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#58595F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006A65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16685e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 104, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.8% 0.077 182.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#63938b',
    500: '#16685e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16685e;
$custom-light: #63938b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16685e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.683,
    "s": 65.079,
    "l": 24.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46784,
    "c": 0.07652,
    "h": 182.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16685E

secondary

#9F3B47

accent

#4054E8

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF1F0

border

#C6CBCB

text

#060D0C

muted

#7A7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #16685E

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

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