#16855B#16855B

#16855B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.115 H 161.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16855B
RGB	rgb(22, 133, 91)
HSL	hsl(157, 72%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(157, 83%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.5%, 0%, 31.6%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.13, -40.02, 14.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.13, 42.54, 160.16°)
OKLab	oklab(54.76% -0.1089 0.0366)
OKLCH	oklch(54.76% 0.115 161.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.6056, 17.6996, 12.7529)
Luminance	0.1770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16855B #851640

analogous

#168523 #16855B #167785

triadic

#16855B #5B1685 #855B16

tetradic

#16855B #231685 #851640 #778516

square

#16855B #231685 #851640 #778516

split-complementary

#16855B #851677 #852316

monochromatic

#051C13 #0D5037 #16855B #1FBA7F #37DE9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#16855B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#16855B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16855B

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16855B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16855B	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)

#837A59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76715E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00857A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16855b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 133, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.115 161.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16855b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.297,
    "s": 71.613,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54761,
    "c": 0.11492,
    "h": 161.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16855B

secondary

#B93E6C

accent

#397EEE

background

#F6FAF8

surface

#ECF4F0

border

#C7CECB

text

#07100B

muted

#7A7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #16855B

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

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