#16696E#16696E

#16696E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.075 H 201.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16696E
RGB	rgb(22, 105, 110)
HSL	hsl(183, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(183, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(80%, 4.5%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.24, -21.53, -9.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.24, 23.62, 204.23°)
OKLab	oklab(47.67% -0.0696 -0.0269)
OKLCH	oklch(47.67% 0.075 201.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.1957, 11.3985, 16.5170)
Luminance	0.1140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16696E #6E1B16

analogous

#166E47 #16696E #163D6E

triadic

#16696E #6E1669 #696E16

tetradic

#16696E #47166E #6E1B16 #3D6E16

square

#16696E #47166E #6E1B16 #3D6E16

split-complementary

#16696E #6E163D #6E4716

monochromatic

#05181A #0C383B #16696E #209AA1 #2ACAD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.40

#16696E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.28

#16696E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16696E

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16696E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16696E	1.00	6.40	3.28	6.40
#FFFFFF	6.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#60646E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#545B6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006D6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16696e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 105, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.075 201.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#659497',
    500: '#16696e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16696e;
$custom-light: #659497;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16696e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.409,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47667,
    "c": 0.07465,
    "h": 201.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16696E

secondary

#A4423C

accent

#483EEA

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF1F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#060D0D

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16696E

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

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