#16808B#16808B

#16808B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.089 H 206.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16808B
RGB	rgb(22, 128, 139)
HSL	hsl(186, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(186, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.2%, 7.9%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.85, -23.85, -14.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.85, 27.67, 210.48°)
OKLab	oklab(54.98% -0.0802 -0.0391)
OKLCH	oklch(54.98% 0.089 206)
XYZ	xyz(12.7082, 17.4714, 27.1236)
Luminance	0.1747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16808B #8B2116

analogous

#168B5C #16808B #16468B

triadic

#16808B #8B1680 #808B16

tetradic

#16808B #5C168B #8B2116 #468B16

square

#16808B #5C168B #8B2116 #468B16

split-complementary

#16808B #8B1646 #8B5C16

monochromatic

#051F21 #0E4F56 #16808B #1EB1C0 #3BD1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#16808B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#16808B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16808B

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16808B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16808B	1.00	4.67	4.49	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#747A8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#656F8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008683

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16808b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 128, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.089 206.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ca5ac',
    500: '#16808b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16808b;
$custom-light: #6ca5ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16808b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.641,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54984,
    "c": 0.08918,
    "h": 206
  },
  "luminance": 0.17473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16808B

secondary

#BF4A3E

accent

#4A38EF

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#080F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16808B

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

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