#16856A#16856A

#16856A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.103 H 171.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16856A
RGB	rgb(22, 133, 106)
HSL	hsl(165, 72%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(165, 83%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.5%, 0%, 20.3%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.48, -36.24, 6.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.48, 36.77, 170.22°)
OKLab	oklab(55.16% -0.1013 0.0159)
OKLCH	oklch(55.16% 0.103 171.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.3185, 17.9848, 16.5078)
Luminance	0.1799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16856A #851631

analogous

#168532 #16856A #166985

triadic

#16856A #6A1685 #856A16

tetradic

#16856A #321685 #851631 #698516

square

#16856A #321685 #851631 #698516

split-complementary

#16856A #851669 #853216

monochromatic

#051C16 #0D5040 #16856A #1FBA94 #37DEB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#16856A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#16856A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16856A

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16856A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16856A	1.00	4.57	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#817B69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73726C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00867D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16856a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 133, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.103 171.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#69a994',
    500: '#16856a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16856a;
$custom-light: #69a994;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16856a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.405,
    "s": 71.613,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55162,
    "c": 0.10252,
    "h": 171.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16856A

secondary

#B93E5C

accent

#3965EE

background

#F6FAF9

surface

#ECF4F1

border

#C7CECB

text

#07100D

muted

#7A7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16856A

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

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