#16785E#16785E

#16785E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.095 H 169.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16785E
RGB	rgb(22, 120, 94)
HSL	hsl(164, 69%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(164, 82%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.7%, 0%, 21.7%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.82, -33.68, 6.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.82, 34.33, 168.83°)
OKLab	oklab(51.24% -0.0938 0.017)
OKLCH	oklch(51.24% 0.095 169.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.0666, 14.4105, 12.8912)
Luminance	0.1441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16785E #781630

analogous

#16782D #16785E #166178

triadic

#16785E #5E1678 #785E16

tetradic

#16785E #2D1678 #781630 #617816

square

#16785E #2D1678 #781630 #617816

split-complementary

#16785E #781661 #782D16

monochromatic

#051A14 #0D4435 #16785E #1FAC87 #2FD9AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.41

#16785E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#16785E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16785E

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16785E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16785E	1.00	5.41	3.88	5.41
#FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746F5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#686660

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007971

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16785e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 120, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.095 169.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#66a08b',
    500: '#16785e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16785e;
$custom-light: #66a08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16785e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.082,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51237,
    "c": 0.09532,
    "h": 169.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16785E

secondary

#AD3C5A

accent

#3C6BEC

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2F0

border

#C6CCCB

text

#070F0C

muted

#7A7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #16785E

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

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