#16777E#16777E

#16777E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.083 H 202.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16777E
RGB	rgb(22, 119, 126)
HSL	hsl(184, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(184, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.5%, 5.6%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.45, -23.52, -11.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.45, 26.17, 206.01°)
OKLab	oklab(52.08% -0.0769 -0.0319)
OKLCH	oklch(52.08% 0.083 202.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.6919, 14.8692, 22.0412)
Luminance	0.1487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16777E #7E1D16

analogous

#167E51 #16777E #16437E

triadic

#16777E #7E1677 #777E16

tetradic

#16777E #51167E #7E1D16 #437E16

square

#16777E #51167E #7E1D16 #437E16

split-complementary

#16777E #7E1643 #7E5116

monochromatic

#05191A #0D464A #16777E #1FA8B2 #33D0DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.28

#16777E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.97

#16777E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16777E

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16777E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16777E	1.00	5.28	3.97	5.28
#FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D717F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F677E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007C79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16777e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 119, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.083 202.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#699ea3',
    500: '#16777e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16777e;
$custom-light: #699ea3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16777e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.038,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5208,
    "c": 0.08326,
    "h": 202.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16777E

secondary

#B3453D

accent

#473BED

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F3

border

#C7CCCD

text

#070E0F

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16777E

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

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