#16797B#16797B

#16797B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.084 H 197.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16797B
RGB	rgb(22, 121, 123)
HSL	hsl(181, 70%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(181, 82%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.1%, 1.6%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.01, -25.53, -8.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.01, 27.03, 199.14°)
OKLab	oklab(52.49% -0.0804 -0.0246)
OKLCH	oklch(52.49% 0.084 197)
XYZ	xyz(10.7418, 15.2740, 21.1171)
Luminance	0.1527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16797B #7B1816

analogous

#167B4A #16797B #16467B

triadic

#16797B #7B1679 #797B16

tetradic

#16797B #4A167B #7B1816 #467B16

square

#16797B #4A167B #7B1816 #467B16

split-complementary

#16797B #7B1646 #7B4A16

monochromatic

#051A1A #0D4647 #16797B #1FACAF #31D7DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.18

#16797B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#16797B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16797B

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16797B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16797B	1.00	5.18	4.06	5.18
#FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#70737B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#62697C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007D79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16797b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 121, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.084 197.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#69a0a1',
    500: '#16797b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16797b;
$custom-light: #69a0a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16797b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.188,
    "s": 69.655,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52493,
    "c": 0.08406,
    "h": 197
  },
  "luminance": 0.15275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16797B

secondary

#B03F3D

accent

#3F3BEC

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#ECF2F2

border

#C7CCCC

text

#070E0E

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16797B

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

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