#16838F#16838F

#16838F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.091 H 206.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16838F
RGB	rgb(22, 131, 143)
HSL	hsl(186, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(186, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.6%, 8.4%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.96, -24.06, -14.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.96, 28.19, 211.42°)
OKLab	oklab(55.93% -0.0814 -0.0409)
OKLCH	oklch(55.93% 0.091 206.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.4029, 18.3846, 28.8235)
Luminance	0.1839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16838F #8F2216

analogous

#168F5E #16838F #16478F

triadic

#16838F #8F1683 #838F16

tetradic

#16838F #5E168F #8F2216 #478F16

square

#16838F #5E168F #8F2216 #478F16

split-complementary

#16838F #8F1647 #8F5E16

monochromatic

#062225 #0E525A #16838F #1EB4C4 #3ED1E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#16838F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#16838F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16838F

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16838F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16838F	1.00	4.49	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#777D90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#67728F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008987

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16838f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 131, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.091 206.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6da7af',
    500: '#16838f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16838f;
$custom-light: #6da7af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16838f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.95,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55931,
    "c": 0.0911,
    "h": 206.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16838F

secondary

#C14C3F

accent

#4A38F0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#080F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16838F

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

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