#16838E#16838E

#16838E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.091 H 205.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16838E
RGB	rgb(22, 131, 142)
HSL	hsl(186, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(186, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 7.7%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.92, -24.39, -14.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.92, 28.21, 210.14°)
OKLab	oklab(55.89% -0.0818 -0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(55.89% 0.091 205.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.3275, 18.3545, 28.4263)
Luminance	0.1836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16838E #8E2116

analogous

#168E5D #16838E #16478E

triadic

#16838E #8E1683 #838E16

tetradic

#16838E #5D168E #8E2116 #478E16

square

#16838E #5D168E #8E2116 #478E16

split-complementary

#16838E #8E1647 #8E5D16

monochromatic

#062124 #0E5259 #16838E #1EB4C3 #3DD2E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#16838E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#16838E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16838E

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16838E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16838E	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)

#777D8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#67728E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008986

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16838e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 131, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.091 205.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ca7af',
    500: '#16838e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16838e;
$custom-light: #6ca7af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16838e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5589,
    "c": 0.09084,
    "h": 205.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16838E

secondary

#C14B3F

accent

#4938F0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#080F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16838E

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

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