#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
RGBrgb(22, 131, 141)
HSLhsl(185, 73%, 32%)
HSVhsv(185, 84%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(84.4%, 7.1%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LABlab(49.89, -24.72, -13.63)
CIE-LCHlch(49.89, 28.23, 208.87°)
OKLaboklab(55.85% -0.0823 -0.0379)
OKLCHoklch(55.85% 0.091 204.8)
XYZxyz(13.2527, 18.3246, 28.0326)
Luminance0.1833 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##16838D1.004.504.674.67
#FFFFFF4.501.0021.0021.00
#0000004.6721.001.001.00
##0000004.6721.001.001.00

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

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#16838D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva