#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
RGB	rgb(22, 133, 94)
HSL	hsl(159, 72%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(159, 83%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.5%, 0%, 29.3%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.19, -39.30, 12.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.19, 41.33, 161.96°)
OKLab	oklab(54.84% -0.1074 0.0326)
OKLCH	oklch(54.84% 0.112 163.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.7376, 17.7524, 13.4482)
Luminance	0.1775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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
##16855E	1.00	4.61	4.55	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #16855E

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

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