#16885E#16885E

#16885E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.116 H 161.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16885E
RGB	rgb(22, 136, 94)
HSL	hsl(158, 72%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(158, 84%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.8%, 0%, 30.9%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.20, -40.54, 14.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.20, 42.96, 160.71°)
OKLab	oklab(55.66% -0.1105 0.036)
OKLCH	oklch(55.66% 0.116 161.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.1542, 18.5856, 13.5870)
Luminance	0.1859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16885E #881640

analogous

#168825 #16885E #167988

triadic

#16885E #5E1688 #885E16

tetradic

#16885E #251688 #881640 #798816

square

#16885E #251688 #881640 #798816

split-complementary

#16885E #881679 #882516

monochromatic

#051F15 #0D533A #16885E #1FBD82 #39DFA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#16885E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#16885E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16885E

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16885E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16885E	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#867D5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787461

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00887D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16885e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 136, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.116 161.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6aab8b',
    500: '#16885e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16885e;
$custom-light: #6aab8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16885e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.895,
    "s": 72.152,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55663,
    "c": 0.1162,
    "h": 161.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16885E

secondary

#BC3E6C

accent

#397CEF

background

#F6FAF8

surface

#ECF4F0

border

#C7CECB

text

#07100C

muted

#7A7F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #16885E

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

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