#16737A#16737A

#16737A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.081 H 202.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16737A
RGB	rgb(22, 115, 122)
HSL	hsl(184, 69%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(184, 82%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(82%, 5.7%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.00, -22.78, -11.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.00, 25.42, 206.36°)
OKLab	oklab(50.85% -0.0746 -0.0314)
OKLCH	oklch(50.85% 0.081 202.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.9729, 13.8359, 20.5536)
Luminance	0.1384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16737A #7A1D16

analogous

#167A4F #16737A #16417A

triadic

#16737A #7A1673 #737A16

tetradic

#16737A #4F167A #7A1D16 #417A16

square

#16737A #4F167A #7A1D16 #417A16

split-complementary

#16737A #7A1641 #7A4F16

monochromatic

#05181A #0D4246 #16737A #1FA4AE #31CEDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.57

#16737A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#16737A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16737A

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16737A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16737A	1.00	5.57	3.77	5.57
#FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696E7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C647A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007875

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16737a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 115, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.081 202.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#689ba0',
    500: '#16737a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16737a;
$custom-light: #689ba0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16737a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.2,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50851,
    "c": 0.08092,
    "h": 202.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16737A

secondary

#AF453D

accent

#483CEC

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#ECF2F2

border

#C7CCCC

text

#070E0E

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16737A

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

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