#16885B#16885B

#16885B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.119 H 160.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16885B
RGB	rgb(22, 136, 91)
HSL	hsl(156, 72%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(156, 84%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.8%, 0%, 33.1%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.14, -41.24, 15.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.14, 44.17, 159.01°)
OKLab	oklab(55.59% -0.112 0.04)
OKLCH	oklch(55.59% 0.119 160.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.0222, 18.5328, 12.8918)
Luminance	0.1853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16885B #881643

analogous

#168822 #16885B #167C88

triadic

#16885B #5B1688 #885B16

tetradic

#16885B #221688 #881643 #7C8816

square

#16885B #221688 #881643 #7C8816

split-complementary

#16885B #88167C #882216

monochromatic

#051F15 #0D5338 #16885B #1FBD7E #39DF9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#16885B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#16885B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16885B

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16885B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16885B	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#867D58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#79735E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00877C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16885b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 136, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.119 160.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#69ac89',
    500: '#16885b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16885b;
$custom-light: #69ac89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16885b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.316,
    "s": 72.152,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5559,
    "c": 0.11893,
    "h": 160.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16885B

secondary

#BC3E70

accent

#3981EF

background

#F6FAF8

surface

#ECF4F0

border

#C7CECB

text

#07100B

muted

#7A7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #16885B

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

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