#16996C#16996C

#16996C is a mid, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.126 H 163.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16996C
RGB	rgb(22, 153, 108)
HSL	hsl(159, 75%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(159, 86%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.6%, 0%, 29.4%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.12, -44.15, 14.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.12, 46.46, 161.87°)
OKLab	oklab(60.64% -0.1205 0.0368)
OKLCH	oklch(60.64% 0.126 163)
XYZ	xyz(14.4272, 24.0339, 18.0631)
Luminance	0.2404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16996C #991643

analogous

#16992A #16996C #168599

triadic

#16996C #6C1699 #996C16

tetradic

#16996C #2A1699 #991643 #859916

square

#16996C #2A1699 #991643 #859916

split-complementary

#16996C #991685 #992A16

monochromatic

#072E20 #0E6346 #16996C #1ECF92 #45E4AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#16996C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#16996C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16996C

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16996C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16996C	1.00	3.62	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968D69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87826F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00998D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16996c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 153, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.126 163.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eb896',
    500: '#16996c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16996c;
$custom-light: #6eb896;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16996c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.389,
    "s": 74.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60641,
    "c": 0.12601,
    "h": 163
  },
  "luminance": 0.24036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16996C

secondary

#C54671

accent

#3677F1

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF6F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#08110D

muted

#7B807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16996C

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

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