#16995E#16995E

#16995E is a mid, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.139 H 156.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16995E
RGB	rgb(22, 153, 94)
HSL	hsl(153, 75%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(153, 86%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.6%, 0%, 38.6%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.85, -47.26, 21.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.85, 52.07, 155.18°)
OKLab	oklab(60.32% -0.1274 0.0547)
OKLCH	oklch(60.32% 0.139 156.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.7411, 23.7594, 14.4493)
Luminance	0.2376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16995E #991651

analogous

#16991D #16995E #169399

triadic

#16995E #5E1699 #995E16

tetradic

#16995E #1D1699 #991651 #939916

square

#16995E #1D1699 #991651 #939916

split-complementary

#16995E #991693 #991D16

monochromatic

#072E1C #0E633D #16995E #1ECF7F #45E49D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#16995E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#16995E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16995E

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16995E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16995E	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988C5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898262

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00988A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16995e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 153, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.139 156.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eb88c',
    500: '#16995e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16995e;
$custom-light: #6eb88c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16995e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.977,
    "s": 74.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60323,
    "c": 0.13868,
    "h": 156.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16995E

secondary

#C5467F

accent

#368BF1

background

#F7FBF8

surface

#EDF6F0

border

#C8D0CB

text

#08110C

muted

#7B807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #16995E

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

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