#16818B#16818B

#16818B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.090 H 204.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16818B
RGB	rgb(22, 129, 139)
HSL	hsl(185, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(185, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.2%, 7.2%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.17, -24.36, -13.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.17, 27.87, 209.07°)
OKLab	oklab(55.25% -0.0812 -0.0377)
OKLCH	oklch(55.25% 0.09 204.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.8392, 17.7335, 27.1673)
Luminance	0.1774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16818B #8B2016

analogous

#168B5B #16818B #16478B

triadic

#16818B #8B1681 #818B16

tetradic

#16818B #5B168B #8B2016 #478B16

square

#16818B #5B168B #8B2016 #478B16

split-complementary

#16818B #8B1647 #8B5B16

monochromatic

#051F21 #0E5056 #16818B #1EB2C0 #3BD2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.62

#16818B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55

#16818B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16818B

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16818B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16818B	1.00	4.62	4.55	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#757B8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#66708B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008784

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16818b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 129, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.090 204.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ca6ac',
    500: '#16818b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16818b;
$custom-light: #6ca6ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16818b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.128,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55245,
    "c": 0.08951,
    "h": 204.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16818B

secondary

#BF493E

accent

#4838EF

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#080F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16818B

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

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