#16856B#16856B

#16856B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.102 H 171.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16856B
RGB	rgb(22, 133, 107)
HSL	hsl(166, 72%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(166, 83%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.5%, 0%, 19.5%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.50, -35.97, 5.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.50, 36.42, 170.99°)
OKLab	oklab(55.19% -0.1008 0.0145)
OKLCH	oklch(55.19% 0.102 171.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.3708, 18.0057, 16.7832)
Luminance	0.1801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16856B #851630

analogous

#168533 #16856B #166785

triadic

#16856B #6B1685 #856B16

tetradic

#16856B #331685 #851630 #678516

square

#16856B #331685 #851630 #678516

split-complementary

#16856B #851667 #853316

monochromatic

#051C17 #0D5041 #16856B #1FBA95 #37DEB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#16856B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#16856B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16856B

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16856B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16856B	1.00	4.56	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.56	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)

#817C6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73726D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00867E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16856b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 133, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.102 171.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#69a995',
    500: '#16856b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16856b;
$custom-light: #69a995;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16856b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.946,
    "s": 71.613,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55191,
    "c": 0.10182,
    "h": 171.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16856B

secondary

#B93E5B

accent

#3964EE

background

#F6FAF9

surface

#ECF4F1

border

#C7CECB

text

#07100D

muted

#7A7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16856B

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

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