#16686E#16686E

#16686E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 47.4% C 0.074 H 202.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16686E
RGB	rgb(22, 104, 110)
HSL	hsl(184, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(184, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(80%, 5.5%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.91, -21.00, -10.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.91, 23.35, 205.90°)
OKLab	oklab(47.4% -0.0685 -0.0283)
OKLCH	oklch(47.4% 0.074 202.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.0944, 11.1960, 16.4833)
Luminance	0.1120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16686E #6E1C16

analogous

#166E48 #16686E #163C6E

triadic

#16686E #6E1668 #686E16

tetradic

#16686E #48166E #6E1C16 #3C6E16

square

#16686E #48166E #6E1C16 #3C6E16

split-complementary

#16686E #6E163C #6E4816

monochromatic

#05181A #0C383B #16686E #2098A1 #2AC8D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.48

#16686E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.24

#16686E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16686E

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16686E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16686E	1.00	6.48	3.24	6.48
#FFFFFF	6.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F636E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#535A6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006C6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16686e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 104, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.4% 0.074 202.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#649397',
    500: '#16686e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16686e;
$custom-light: #649397;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16686e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.091,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47395,
    "c": 0.07417,
    "h": 202.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16686E

secondary

#A4433C

accent

#4A3EEA

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF1F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#060D0D

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16686E

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

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