#16828E#16828E

#16828E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.091 H 206.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16828E
RGB	rgb(22, 130, 142)
HSL	hsl(186, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(186, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 8.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.60, -23.88, -14.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.60, 28.01, 211.54°)
OKLab	oklab(55.63% -0.0808 -0.0408)
OKLCH	oklch(55.63% 0.091 206.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.1938, 18.0871, 28.3817)
Luminance	0.1809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16828E #8E2216

analogous

#168E5E #16828E #16468E

triadic

#16828E #8E1682 #828E16

tetradic

#16828E #5E168E #8E2216 #468E16

square

#16828E #5E168E #8E2216 #468E16

split-complementary

#16828E #8E1646 #8E5E16

monochromatic

#062124 #0E5159 #16828E #1EB3C3 #3DD1E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.55

#16828E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.62

#16828E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16828E

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16828E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16828E	1.00	4.55	4.62	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#767C8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#66718E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008886

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16828e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 130, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.091 206.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ca6af',
    500: '#16828e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16828e;
$custom-light: #6ca6af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16828e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55629,
    "c": 0.09056,
    "h": 206.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16828E

secondary

#C14C3F

accent

#4A38F0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#080F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16828E

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

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