#16856E#16856E

#16856E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.100 H 174.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16856E
RGB	rgb(22, 133, 110)
HSL	hsl(168, 72%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(168, 83%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.5%, 0%, 17.3%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.58, -35.15, 4.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.58, 35.39, 173.40°)
OKLab	oklab(55.28% -0.0993 0.0102)
OKLCH	oklch(55.28% 0.1 174.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.5314, 18.0700, 17.6289)
Luminance	0.1807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16856E #85162D

analogous

#168537 #16856E #166485

triadic

#16856E #6E1685 #856E16

tetradic

#16856E #371685 #85162D #648516

square

#16856E #371685 #85162D #648516

split-complementary

#16856E #851664 #853716

monochromatic

#051C17 #0D5043 #16856E #1FBA99 #37DEBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.55

#16856E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#16856E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16856E

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16856E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16856E	1.00	4.55	4.61	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.55	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)

#807C6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727270

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00877E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16856e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 133, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.100 174.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6aa997',
    500: '#16856e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16856e;
$custom-light: #6aa997;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16856e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.568,
    "s": 71.613,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55281,
    "c": 0.09978,
    "h": 174.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16856E

secondary

#B93E57

accent

#395FEE

background

#F6FAF9

surface

#ECF4F2

border

#C7CECC

text

#08100D

muted

#7A7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16856E

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

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