#16798C#16798C

#16798C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.088 H 214.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16798C
RGB	rgb(22, 121, 140)
HSL	hsl(190, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(190, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.3%, 13.6%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.63, -19.82, -18.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.63, 26.77, 222.26°)
OKLab	oklab(53.2% -0.0727 -0.0503)
OKLCH	oklch(53.2% 0.088 214.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.8998, 15.7373, 27.2163)
Luminance	0.1574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16798C #8C2916

analogous

#168C64 #16798C #163E8C

triadic

#16798C #8C1679 #798C16

tetradic

#16798C #64168C #8C2916 #3E8C16

square

#16798C #64168C #8C2916 #3E8C16

split-complementary

#16798C #8C163E #8C6416

monochromatic

#051E22 #0E4B57 #16798C #1EA7C1 #3CC6E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.06

#16798C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#16798C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16798C

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16798C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16798C	1.00	5.06	4.15	5.06
#FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C758D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C6A8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00807F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16798c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 121, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.088 214.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ba0ad',
    500: '#16798c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16798c;
$custom-light: #6ba0ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16798c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.661,
    "s": 72.84,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53202,
    "c": 0.0884,
    "h": 214.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16798C

secondary

#C0533E

accent

#5638F0

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080E10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16798C

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

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