#16895B#16895B

#16895B is a mid, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.120 H 160.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16895B
RGB	rgb(22, 137, 91)
HSL	hsl(156, 72%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(156, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.9%, 0%, 33.6%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.47, -41.65, 16.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.47, 44.72, 158.65°)
OKLab	oklab(55.87% -0.113 0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(55.87% 0.12 160)
XYZ	xyz(11.1637, 18.8158, 12.9389)
Luminance	0.1882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16895B #891644

analogous

#168921 #16895B #167D89

triadic

#16895B #5B1689 #895B16

tetradic

#16895B #211689 #891644 #7D8916

square

#16895B #211689 #891644 #7D8916

split-complementary

#16895B #89167D #892116

monochromatic

#052015 #0E5438 #16895B #1EBE7E #3ADF9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#16895B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#16895B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16895B

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16895B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16895B	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#877E58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A745E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00887D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16895b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 137, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.120 160.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6aac89',
    500: '#16895b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16895b;
$custom-light: #6aac89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16895b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156,
    "s": 72.327,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55867,
    "c": 0.12027,
    "h": 160
  },
  "luminance": 0.18817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16895B

secondary

#BD3E71

accent

#3982EF

background

#F6FAF8

surface

#ECF4F0

border

#C7CECB

text

#08100B

muted

#7A7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #16895B

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

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