#16996B#16996B

#16996B is a mid, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.127 H 162.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16996B
RGB	rgb(22, 153, 107)
HSL	hsl(159, 75%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(159, 86%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.6%, 0%, 30.1%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.10, -44.39, 14.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.10, 46.85, 161.35°)
OKLab	oklab(60.62% -0.121 0.0381)
OKLCH	oklch(60.62% 0.127 162.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.3743, 24.0127, 17.7844)
Luminance	0.2402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16996B #991644

analogous

#169929 #16996B #168699

triadic

#16996B #6B1699 #996B16

tetradic

#16996B #291699 #991644 #869916

square

#16996B #291699 #991644 #869916

split-complementary

#16996B #991686 #992916

monochromatic

#072E20 #0E6346 #16996B #1ECF90 #45E4AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#16996B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#16996B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16996B

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16996B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16996B	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)

#968D68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87826E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00998D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16996b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 153, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.127 162.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eb895',
    500: '#16996b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16996b;
$custom-light: #6eb895;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16996b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.931,
    "s": 74.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60616,
    "c": 0.12688,
    "h": 162.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16996B

secondary

#C54672

accent

#3678F1

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF6F1

border

#C8D0CB

text

#08110D

muted

#7B807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16996B

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

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