#16848B#16848B

#16848B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.091 H 201.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16848B
RGB	rgb(22, 132, 139)
HSL	hsl(184, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(184, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.2%, 5%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.14, -25.89, -12.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.14, 28.57, 205.02°)
OKLab	oklab(56.03% -0.0842 -0.0336)
OKLCH	oklch(56.03% 0.091 201.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.2402, 18.5355, 27.3010)
Luminance	0.1854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16848B #8B1D16

analogous

#168B58 #16848B #164A8B

triadic

#16848B #8B1684 #848B16

tetradic

#16848B #58168B #8B1D16 #4A8B16

square

#16848B #58168B #8B1D16 #4A8B16

split-complementary

#16848B #8B164A #8B5816

monochromatic

#052021 #0E5256 #16848B #1EB6C0 #3BD6E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#16848B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#16848B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16848B

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16848B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16848B	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#797E8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#69728B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16848b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 132, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.091 201.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ca8ac',
    500: '#16848b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16848b;
$custom-light: #6ca8ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16848b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.59,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5603,
    "c": 0.09066,
    "h": 201.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16848B

secondary

#BF463E

accent

#4338EF

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#080F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16848B

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

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