#16856C#16856C

#16856C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.101 H 172.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16856C
RGB	rgb(22, 133, 108)
HSL	hsl(166, 72%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(166, 83%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.5%, 0%, 18.8%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.53, -35.70, 5.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.53, 36.07, 171.78°)
OKLab	oklab(55.22% -0.1003 0.0131)
OKLCH	oklch(55.22% 0.101 172.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.4237, 18.0269, 17.0619)
Luminance	0.1803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16856C #85162F

analogous

#168534 #16856C #166785

triadic

#16856C #6C1685 #856C16

tetradic

#16856C #341685 #85162F #678516

square

#16856C #341685 #85162F #678516

split-complementary

#16856C #851667 #853416

monochromatic

#051C17 #0D5041 #16856C #1FBA97 #37DEB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#16856C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#16856C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16856C

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16856C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16856C	1.00	4.56	4.61	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807C6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73726E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00867E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16856c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 133, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.101 172.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#69a996',
    500: '#16856c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16856c;
$custom-light: #69a996;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16856c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.486,
    "s": 71.613,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55221,
    "c": 0.10112,
    "h": 172.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16856C

secondary

#B93E59

accent

#3962EE

background

#F6FAF9

surface

#ECF4F1

border

#C7CECB

text

#07100D

muted

#7A7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16856C

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

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