#16736E#16736E

#16736E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.081 H 189.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16736E
RGB	rgb(22, 115, 110)
HSL	hsl(177, 68%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(177, 81%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.9%, 0%, 4.3%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.59, -26.66, -4.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.59, 27.07, 189.98°)
OKLab	oklab(50.39% -0.0803 -0.0132)
OKLCH	oklch(50.39% 0.081 189.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.2747, 13.5567, 16.8767)
Luminance	0.1356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16736E #73161B

analogous

#167340 #16736E #164A73

triadic

#16736E #6E1673 #736E16

tetradic

#16736E #401673 #73161B #4A7316

square

#16736E #401673 #73161B #4A7316

split-complementary

#16736E #73164A #734016

monochromatic

#051A19 #0C403D #16736E #20A69F #2DD7CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.66

#16736E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#16736E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16736E

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16736E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16736E	1.00	5.66	3.71	5.66
#FFFFFF	5.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6C6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F636F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007671

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16736e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 115, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.081 189.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#669c97',
    500: '#16736e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16736e;
$custom-light: #669c97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16736e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.774,
    "s": 67.883,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50386,
    "c": 0.0814,
    "h": 189.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16736E

secondary

#A93C42

accent

#3D46EB

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF2F2

border

#C6CCCC

text

#070E0D

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16736E

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

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