#16855E#16855E

#16855E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.112 H 163.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#16855E
RGBrgb(22, 133, 94)
HSLhsl(159, 72%, 30%)
HSVhsv(159, 83%, 52%)
CMYKcmyk(83.5%, 0%, 29.3%, 47.8%)
CIE-LABlab(49.19, -39.30, 12.80)
CIE-LCHlch(49.19, 41.33, 161.96°)
OKLaboklab(54.84% -0.1074 0.0326)
OKLCHoklch(54.84% 0.112 163.1)
XYZxyz(10.7376, 17.7524, 13.4482)
Luminance0.1775 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#16855E #85163D
analogous
#168526 #16855E #167485
triadic
#16855E #5E1685 #855E16
tetradic
#16855E #261685 #85163D #748516
square
#16855E #261685 #85163D #748516
split-complementary
#16855E #851674 #852616
monochromatic
#051C14 #0D5039 #16855E #1FBA83 #37DEA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61
#16855E on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55
#16855E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16855E
4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##16855E#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##16855E1.004.614.554.61
#FFFFFF4.611.0021.001.00
#0000004.5521.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.611.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#837B5C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#757161
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00857A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #16855e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 133, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.112 163.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#69a98b',
    500: '#16855e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #16855e;
$custom-light: #69a98b;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#16855e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.919,
    "s": 71.613,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54836,
    "c": 0.11223,
    "h": 163.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#16855E
secondary
#B93E69
accent
#3979EE
background
#F6FAF8
surface
#ECF4F0
border
#C7CECB
text
#07100C
muted
#7A7F7D

Preview Lab

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#16855E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva