#16737E#16737E

#16737E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.082 H 207.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16737E
RGB	rgb(22, 115, 126)
HSL	hsl(186, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(186, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.5%, 8.7%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.14, -21.43, -13.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.14, 25.31, 212.14°)
OKLab	oklab(51.02% -0.0728 -0.0375)
OKLCH	oklch(51.02% 0.082 207.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.2258, 13.9371, 21.8858)
Luminance	0.1394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16737E #7E2116

analogous

#167E55 #16737E #163F7E

triadic

#16737E #7E1673 #737E16

tetradic

#16737E #55167E #7E2116 #3F7E16

square

#16737E #55167E #7E2116 #3F7E16

split-complementary

#16737E #7E163F #7E5516

monochromatic

#05181A #0D434A #16737E #1FA3B2 #33CADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.54

#16737E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#16737E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16737E

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16737E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16737E	1.00	5.54	3.79	5.54
#FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686E7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A647E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007976

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16737e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 115, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.082 207.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#689ba3',
    500: '#16737e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16737e;
$custom-light: #689ba3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16737e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.346,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51017,
    "c": 0.08185,
    "h": 207.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16737E

secondary

#B3493D

accent

#4E3BED

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F3

border

#C7CCCD

text

#070E0F

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16737E

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

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