#16855A#16855A

#16855A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.116 H 160.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16855A
RGB	rgb(22, 133, 90)
HSL	hsl(157, 72%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(157, 83%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.5%, 0%, 32.3%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.11, -40.25, 14.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.11, 42.95, 159.58°)
OKLab	oklab(54.74% -0.1094 0.038)
OKLCH	oklch(54.74% 0.116 160.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.5627, 17.6825, 12.5272)
Luminance	0.1768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16855A #851641

analogous

#168523 #16855A #167885

triadic

#16855A #5A1685 #855A16

tetradic

#16855A #231685 #851641 #788516

square

#16855A #231685 #851641 #788516

split-complementary

#16855A #851678 #852316

monochromatic

#051C13 #0D5036 #16855A #1FBA7E #37DE9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#16855A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#16855A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16855A

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16855A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16855A	1.00	4.63	4.54	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837A57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76715D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00857A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16855a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 133, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.116 160.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#69a989',
    500: '#16855a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16855a;
$custom-light: #69a989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16855a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.757,
    "s": 71.613,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54737,
    "c": 0.11584,
    "h": 160.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16855A

secondary

#B93E6D

accent

#3980EE

background

#F6FAF8

surface

#ECF4F0

border

#C7CECB

text

#07100B

muted

#7A7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #16855A

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

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