#16787E#16787E

#16787E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.084 H 201.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16787E
RGB	rgb(22, 120, 126)
HSL	hsl(183, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(183, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.5%, 4.8%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.78, -24.04, -10.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.78, 26.43, 204.55°)
OKLab	oklab(52.35% -0.0779 -0.0305)
OKLCH	oklch(52.35% 0.084 201.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.8115, 15.1085, 22.0810)
Luminance	0.1511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16787E #7E1C16

analogous

#167E50 #16787E #16447E

triadic

#16787E #7E1678 #787E16

tetradic

#16787E #50167E #7E1C16 #447E16

square

#16787E #50167E #7E1C16 #447E16

split-complementary

#16787E #7E1644 #7E5016

monochromatic

#05191A #0D464A #16787E #1FAAB2 #33D2DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.22

#16787E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02

#16787E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16787E

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16787E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16787E	1.00	5.22	4.02	5.22
#FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E727E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#60687E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007D7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16787e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 120, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.084 201.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#699fa3',
    500: '#16787e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16787e;
$custom-light: #699fa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16787e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.462,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52345,
    "c": 0.0837,
    "h": 201.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16787E

secondary

#B3443D

accent

#453BED

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F3

border

#C7CCCD

text

#070E0F

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16787E

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

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