#16996A#16996A

#16996A is a mid, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.128 H 162.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16996A
RGB	rgb(22, 153, 106)
HSL	hsl(158, 75%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(158, 86%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.6%, 0%, 30.7%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.08, -44.62, 15.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.08, 47.24, 160.82°)
OKLab	oklab(60.59% -0.1215 0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(60.59% 0.128 162)
XYZ	xyz(14.3220, 23.9918, 17.5089)
Luminance	0.2399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16996A #991645

analogous

#169928 #16996A #168799

triadic

#16996A #6A1699 #996A16

tetradic

#16996A #281699 #991645 #879916

square

#16996A #281699 #991645 #879916

split-complementary

#16996A #991687 #992816

monochromatic

#072E20 #0E6345 #16996A #1ECF8F #45E4AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#16996A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#16996A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16996A

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16996A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16996A	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968D67

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88826D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00998C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16996a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 153, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.128 162.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eb894',
    500: '#16996a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16996a;
$custom-light: #6eb894;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16996a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.473,
    "s": 74.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60592,
    "c": 0.12775,
    "h": 162
  },
  "luminance": 0.23994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16996A

secondary

#C54673

accent

#3679F1

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF6F1

border

#C8D0CB

text

#08110D

muted

#7B807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16996A

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

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