#16836B#16836B

#16836B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.099 H 173.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16836B
RGB	rgb(22, 131, 107)
HSL	hsl(167, 71%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(167, 83%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.2%, 0%, 18.3%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.84, -35.08, 4.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.84, 35.40, 172.29°)
OKLab	oklab(54.65% -0.0987 0.012)
OKLCH	oklch(54.65% 0.099 173.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.0996, 17.4633, 16.6928)
Luminance	0.1746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16836B #83162E

analogous

#168334 #16836B #166583

triadic

#16836B #6B1683 #836B16

tetradic

#16836B #341683 #83162E #658316

square

#16836B #341683 #83162E #658316

split-complementary

#16836B #831665 #833416

monochromatic

#041A15 #0D4F40 #16836B #1FB796 #36DDB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#16836B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#16836B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16836B

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16836B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16836B	1.00	4.67	4.49	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7A6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71706D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00847C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16836b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 131, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.099 173.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#69a895',
    500: '#16836b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16836b;
$custom-light: #69a895;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16836b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.789,
    "s": 71.242,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54646,
    "c": 0.09943,
    "h": 173.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16836B

secondary

#B73D58

accent

#3A61EE

background

#F6FAF9

surface

#ECF4F1

border

#C7CECB

text

#07100D

muted

#7A7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16836B

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

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