#16855F#16855F

#16855F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.111 H 163.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16855F
RGB	rgb(22, 133, 95)
HSL	hsl(159, 72%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(159, 83%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.5%, 0%, 28.6%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.22, -39.06, 12.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.22, 40.94, 162.58°)
OKLab	oklab(54.86% -0.1069 0.0312)
OKLCH	oklch(54.86% 0.111 163.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.7827, 17.7705, 13.6860)
Luminance	0.1777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16855F #85163C

analogous

#168527 #16855F #167485

triadic

#16855F #5F1685 #855F16

tetradic

#16855F #271685 #85163C #748516

square

#16855F #271685 #85163C #748516

split-complementary

#16855F #851674 #852716

monochromatic

#051C14 #0D5039 #16855F #1FBA85 #37DEA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#16855F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55

#16855F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16855F

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#827B5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757162

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00857B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16855f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 133, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.111 163.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#69a98c',
    500: '#16855f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16855f;
$custom-light: #69a98c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16855f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.459,
    "s": 71.613,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54861,
    "c": 0.11136,
    "h": 163.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16855F

secondary

#B93E68

accent

#3977EE

background

#F6FAF8

surface

#ECF4F0

border

#C7CECB

text

#07100C

muted

#7A7F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #16855F

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

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