#16828A#16828A

#16828A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.090 H 202.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16828A
RGB	rgb(22, 130, 138)
HSL	hsl(184, 73%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(184, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.1%, 5.8%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.46, -25.20, -12.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.46, 28.14, 206.42°)
OKLab	oklab(55.47% -0.0826 -0.0348)
OKLCH	oklch(55.47% 0.09 202.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.8989, 17.9692, 26.8284)
Luminance	0.1797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16828A #8A1E16

analogous

#168A58 #16828A #16488A

triadic

#16828A #8A1682 #828A16

tetradic

#16828A #58168A #8A1E16 #488A16

square

#16828A #58168A #8A1E16 #488A16

split-complementary

#16828A #8A1648 #8A5816

monochromatic

#051F20 #0E5055 #16828A #1EB4BF #3BD4E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#16828A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#16828A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16828A

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16828A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16828A	1.00	4.57	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#777C8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#68718A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008884

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16828a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 130, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.090 202.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ca6ac',
    500: '#16828a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16828a;
$custom-light: #6ca6ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16828a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.138,
    "s": 72.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55466,
    "c": 0.08968,
    "h": 202.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16828A

secondary

#BE473E

accent

#4539EF

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#080F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16828A

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

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