#16855D#16855D

#16855D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.113 H 162.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16855D
RGB	rgb(22, 133, 93)
HSL	hsl(158, 72%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(158, 83%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.5%, 0%, 30.1%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.17, -39.54, 13.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.17, 41.73, 161.35°)
OKLab	oklab(54.81% -0.1079 0.0339)
OKLCH	oklch(54.81% 0.113 162.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.6930, 17.7346, 13.2134)
Luminance	0.1774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16855D #85163E

analogous

#168525 #16855D #167685

triadic

#16855D #5D1685 #855D16

tetradic

#16855D #251685 #85163E #768516

square

#16855D #251685 #85163E #768516

split-complementary

#16855D #851676 #852516

monochromatic

#051C14 #0D5038 #16855D #1FBA82 #37DEA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.62

#16855D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55

#16855D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16855D

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16855D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16855D	1.00	4.62	4.55	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837A5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767160

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00857A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16855d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 133, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.113 162.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#69a98b',
    500: '#16855d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16855d;
$custom-light: #69a98b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16855d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.378,
    "s": 71.613,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5481,
    "c": 0.11312,
    "h": 162.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16855D

secondary

#B93E6A

accent

#397BEE

background

#F6FAF8

surface

#ECF4F0

border

#C7CECB

text

#07100C

muted

#7A7F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #16855D

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

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