#16838D#16838D

#16838D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.091 H 204.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16838D
RGB	rgb(22, 131, 141)
HSL	hsl(185, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(185, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.4%, 7.1%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.89, -24.72, -13.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.89, 28.23, 208.87°)
OKLab	oklab(55.85% -0.0823 -0.0379)
OKLCH	oklch(55.85% 0.091 204.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.2527, 18.3246, 28.0326)
Luminance	0.1833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16838D #8D2016

analogous

#168D5C #16838D #16488D

triadic

#16838D #8D1683 #838D16

tetradic

#16838D #5C168D #8D2016 #488D16

square

#16838D #5C168D #8D2016 #488D16

split-complementary

#16838D #8D1648 #8D5C16

monochromatic

#052123 #0E5258 #16838D #1EB4C2 #3DD3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#16838D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#16838D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16838D

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16838D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16838D	1.00	4.50	4.67	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#777D8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#68728D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008986

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16838d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 131, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.091 204.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ca7ae',
    500: '#16838d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16838d;
$custom-light: #6ca7ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16838d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.042,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55849,
    "c": 0.09062,
    "h": 204.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16838D

secondary

#C1493E

accent

#4838F0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#080F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16838D

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

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