#16856D#16856D

#16856D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.100 H 173.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16856D
RGB	rgb(22, 133, 109)
HSL	hsl(167, 72%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(167, 83%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.5%, 0%, 18%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.55, -35.43, 4.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.55, 35.73, 172.59°)
OKLab	oklab(55.25% -0.0998 0.0116)
OKLCH	oklch(55.25% 0.1 173.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.4773, 18.0483, 17.3438)
Luminance	0.1805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16856D #85162E

analogous

#168535 #16856D #166585

triadic

#16856D #6D1685 #856D16

tetradic

#16856D #351685 #85162E #658516

square

#16856D #351685 #85162E #658516

split-complementary

#16856D #851665 #853516

monochromatic

#051C17 #0D5042 #16856D #1FBA98 #37DEBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#16856D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#16856D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16856D

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16856D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16856D	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)

#807C6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73726F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00867E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16856d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 133, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.100 173.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16856d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.027,
    "s": 71.613,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55251,
    "c": 0.10044,
    "h": 173.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16856D

secondary

#B93E58

accent

#3961EE

background

#F6FAF9

surface

#ECF4F2

border

#C7CECC

text

#07100D

muted

#7A7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16856D

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

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