#16797C#16797C

#16797C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.084 H 198.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16797C
RGB	rgb(22, 121, 124)
HSL	hsl(182, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(182, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.3%, 2.4%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.04, -25.21, -9.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.04, 26.90, 200.46°)
OKLab	oklab(52.53% -0.0799 -0.0261)
OKLCH	oklch(52.53% 0.084 198.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.8047, 15.2992, 21.4485)
Luminance	0.1530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16797C #7C1916

analogous

#167C4C #16797C #16467C

triadic

#16797C #7C1679 #797C16

tetradic

#16797C #4C167C #7C1916 #467C16

square

#16797C #4C167C #7C1916 #467C16

split-complementary

#16797C #7C1646 #7C4C16

monochromatic

#05191A #0D4648 #16797C #1FACB0 #32D6DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#16797C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#16797C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16797C

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16797C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16797C	1.00	5.17	4.06	5.17
#FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#70737C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#62697D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007E7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16797c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 121, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.084 198.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16797c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.765,
    "s": 69.863,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52532,
    "c": 0.08407,
    "h": 198.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16797C

secondary

#B1403D

accent

#403BED

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#ECF2F2

border

#C7CCCC

text

#070E0F

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16797C

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

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