#16727E#16727E

#16727E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.082 H 208.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16727E
RGB	rgb(22, 114, 126)
HSL	hsl(187, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(187, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.5%, 9.5%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.81, -20.90, -13.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.81, 25.13, 213.74°)
OKLab	oklab(50.75% -0.0717 -0.0389)
OKLCH	oklch(50.75% 0.082 208.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.1124, 13.7103, 21.8480)
Luminance	0.1371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16727E #7E2216

analogous

#167E56 #16727E #163E7E

triadic

#16727E #7E1672 #727E16

tetradic

#16727E #56167E #7E2216 #3E7E16

square

#16727E #56167E #7E2216 #3E7E16

split-complementary

#16727E #7E163E #7E5616

monochromatic

#05181A #0D434A #16727E #1FA1B2 #33C8DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.61

#16727E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.74

#16727E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16727E

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16727E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16727E	1.00	5.61	3.74	5.61
#FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676D7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#59637E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007876

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16727e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 114, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.082 208.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#689ba3',
    500: '#16727e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16727e;
$custom-light: #689ba3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16727e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.923,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50752,
    "c": 0.08158,
    "h": 208.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16727E

secondary

#B34B3D

accent

#4F3BED

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F3

border

#C7CCCD

text

#070E0F

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16727E

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

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