#16848C#16848C

#16848C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.091 H 202.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16848C
RGB	rgb(22, 132, 140)
HSL	hsl(184, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(184, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.3%, 5.7%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.17, -25.56, -12.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.17, 28.51, 206.26°)
OKLab	oklab(56.07% -0.0837 -0.0351)
OKLCH	oklch(56.07% 0.091 202.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.3136, 18.5649, 27.6875)
Luminance	0.1857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16848C #8C1E16

analogous

#168C59 #16848C #16498C

triadic

#16848C #8C1684 #848C16

tetradic

#16848C #59168C #8C1E16 #498C16

square

#16848C #59168C #8C1E16 #498C16

split-complementary

#16848C #8C1649 #8C5916

monochromatic

#052022 #0E5257 #16848C #1EB6C1 #3CD5E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#16848C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#16848C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16848C

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16848C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16848C	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)

#797E8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#69738C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16848c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 132, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.091 202.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ca8ad',
    500: '#16848c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16848c;
$custom-light: #6ca8ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16848c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.068,
    "s": 72.84,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5607,
    "c": 0.09079,
    "h": 202.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16848C

secondary

#C0473E

accent

#4538F0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#080F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16848C

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

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