#16797F#16797F

#16797F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.084 H 201.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16797F
RGB	rgb(22, 121, 127)
HSL	hsl(183, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(183, 83%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.7%, 4.7%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.15, -24.23, -11.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.15, 26.62, 204.48°)
OKLab	oklab(52.65% -0.0785 -0.0307)
OKLCH	oklch(52.65% 0.084 201.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.9973, 15.3762, 22.4629)
Luminance	0.1538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16797F #7F1C16

analogous

#167F51 #16797F #16447F

triadic

#16797F #7F1679 #797F16

tetradic

#16797F #51167F #7F1C16 #447F16

square

#16797F #51167F #7F1C16 #447F16

split-complementary

#16797F #7F1644 #7F5116

monochromatic

#05191A #0D474B #16797F #1FABB3 #34D2DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.15

#16797F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.08

#16797F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16797F

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16797F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16797F	1.00	5.15	4.08	5.15
#FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F737F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#61697F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007E7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16797f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 121, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.084 201.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#69a0a4',
    500: '#16797f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16797f;
$custom-light: #69a0a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16797f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.429,
    "s": 70.47,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52651,
    "c": 0.08428,
    "h": 201.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16797F

secondary

#B4443D

accent

#453BED

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#070E0F

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16797F

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

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