#16788A#16788A

#16788A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.087 H 213.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16788A
RGB	rgb(22, 120, 138)
HSL	hsl(189, 73%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(189, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.1%, 13%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.23, -19.97, -17.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.23, 26.51, 221.12°)
OKLab	oklab(52.85% -0.0726 -0.0487)
OKLCH	oklch(52.85% 0.087 213.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.6328, 15.4370, 26.4064)
Luminance	0.1544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16788A #8A2816

analogous

#168A62 #16788A #163E8A

triadic

#16788A #8A1678 #788A16

tetradic

#16788A #62168A #8A2816 #3E8A16

square

#16788A #62168A #8A2816 #3E8A16

split-complementary

#16788A #8A163E #8A6216

monochromatic

#051C20 #0E4A55 #16788A #1EA6BF #3BC6E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.14

#16788A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.09

#16788A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16788A

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16788A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16788A	1.00	5.14	4.09	5.14
#FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B748B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C698A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007F7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16788a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 120, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.087 213.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b9fac',
    500: '#16788a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16788a;
$custom-light: #6b9fac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16788a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.31,
    "s": 72.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52852,
    "c": 0.08738,
    "h": 213.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16788A

secondary

#BE523E

accent

#5539EF

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#080E10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16788A

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

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