#16737B#16737B

#16737B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.081 H 203.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16737B
RGB	rgb(22, 115, 123)
HSL	hsl(185, 70%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(185, 82%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.1%, 6.5%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.03, -22.44, -11.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.03, 25.37, 207.80°)
OKLab	oklab(50.89% -0.0741 -0.0329)
OKLCH	oklch(50.89% 0.081 203.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.0352, 13.8608, 20.8816)
Luminance	0.1386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16737B #7B1E16

analogous

#167B50 #16737B #16407B

triadic

#16737B #7B1673 #737B16

tetradic

#16737B #50167B #7B1E16 #407B16

square

#16737B #50167B #7B1E16 #407B16

split-complementary

#16737B #7B1640 #7B5016

monochromatic

#05181A #0D4247 #16737B #1FA4AF #31CDDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.57

#16737B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#16737B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16737B

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16737B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16737B	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)

#696E7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B647B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007875

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16737b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 115, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.081 203.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#689ba1',
    500: '#16737b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16737b;
$custom-light: #689ba1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16737b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.752,
    "s": 69.655,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50892,
    "c": 0.08111,
    "h": 203.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16737B

secondary

#B0463D

accent

#493BEC

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#ECF2F2

border

#C7CCCC

text

#070E0E

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16737B

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

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