#16838B#16838B

#16838B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.090 H 202.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16838B
RGB	rgb(22, 131, 139)
HSL	hsl(184, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(184, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.2%, 5.8%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.82, -25.38, -12.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.82, 28.33, 206.34°)
OKLab	oklab(55.77% -0.0832 -0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(55.77% 0.09 202.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.1053, 18.2656, 27.2560)
Luminance	0.1827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16838B #8B1E16

analogous

#168B59 #16838B #16488B

triadic

#16838B #8B1683 #838B16

tetradic

#16838B #59168B #8B1E16 #488B16

square

#16838B #59168B #8B1E16 #488B16

split-complementary

#16838B #8B1648 #8B5916

monochromatic

#051F21 #0E5156 #16838B #1EB5C0 #3BD5E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#16838B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#16838B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16838B

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16838B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16838B	1.00	4.51	4.65	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#787D8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#68728B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008985

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16838b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 131, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.090 202.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ca7ac',
    500: '#16838b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16838b;
$custom-light: #6ca7ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16838b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.103,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55768,
    "c": 0.09024,
    "h": 202.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16838B

secondary

#BF473E

accent

#4538EF

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#080F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16838B

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

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