#16818C#16818C

#16818C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.090 H 205.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16818C
RGB	rgb(22, 129, 140)
HSL	hsl(186, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(186, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.3%, 7.9%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.21, -24.03, -14.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.21, 27.85, 210.36°)
OKLab	oklab(55.29% -0.0807 -0.0392)
OKLCH	oklch(55.29% 0.09 205.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.9126, 17.7629, 27.5539)
Luminance	0.1777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16818C #8C2116

analogous

#168C5C #16818C #16468C

triadic

#16818C #8C1681 #818C16

tetradic

#16818C #5C168C #8C2116 #468C16

square

#16818C #5C168C #8C2116 #468C16

split-complementary

#16818C #8C1646 #8C5C16

monochromatic

#052022 #0E5057 #16818C #1EB2C1 #3CD1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#16818C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55

#16818C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16818C

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16818C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16818C	1.00	4.61	4.55	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#757B8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#66708C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008784

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16818c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 129, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.090 205.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ca6ad',
    500: '#16818c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16818c;
$custom-light: #6ca6ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16818c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.593,
    "s": 72.84,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55286,
    "c": 0.08974,
    "h": 205.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16818C

secondary

#C04A3E

accent

#4938F0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#080F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16818C

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

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