#16797A#16797A

#16797A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.084 H 196.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16797A
RGB	rgb(22, 121, 122)
HSL	hsl(181, 69%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(181, 82%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(82%, 0.8%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.97, -25.85, -8.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.97, 27.16, 197.83°)
OKLab	oklab(52.46% -0.0808 -0.0231)
OKLCH	oklch(52.46% 0.084 196)
XYZ	xyz(10.6795, 15.2491, 20.7891)
Luminance	0.1525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16797A #7A1716

analogous

#167A49 #16797A #16477A

triadic

#16797A #7A1679 #797A16

tetradic

#16797A #49167A #7A1716 #477A16

square

#16797A #49167A #7A1716 #477A16

split-complementary

#16797A #7A1647 #7A4916

monochromatic

#051A1A #0D4646 #16797A #1FACAE #31D8DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.19

#16797A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05

#16797A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16797A

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16797A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16797A	1.00	5.19	4.05	5.19
#FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#70737A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#62697B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007D79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16797a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 121, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.084 196.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#68a0a0',
    500: '#16797a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16797a;
$custom-light: #68a0a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16797a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.6,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52455,
    "c": 0.08409,
    "h": 196
  },
  "luminance": 0.1525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16797A

secondary

#AF3E3D

accent

#3D3CEC

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#ECF2F2

border

#C7CCCC

text

#070E0E

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16797A

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

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