#16848D#16848D

#16848D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.091 H 203.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16848D
RGB	rgb(22, 132, 141)
HSL	hsl(185, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(185, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.4%, 6.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.21, -25.23, -13.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.21, 28.45, 207.52°)
OKLab	oklab(56.11% -0.0833 -0.0366)
OKLCH	oklch(56.11% 0.091 203.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.3877, 18.5945, 28.0776)
Luminance	0.1860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16848D #8D1F16

analogous

#168D5B #16848D #16498D

triadic

#16848D #8D1684 #848D16

tetradic

#16848D #5B168D #8D1F16 #498D16

square

#16848D #5B168D #8D1F16 #498D16

split-complementary

#16848D #8D1649 #8D5B16

monochromatic

#052123 #0E5258 #16848D #1EB6C2 #3DD4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#16848D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#16848D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16848D

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16848D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16848D	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#797E8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#69738D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16848d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 132, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.091 203.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ca8ae',
    500: '#16848d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16848d;
$custom-light: #6ca8ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16848d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.538,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5611,
    "c": 0.09097,
    "h": 203.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16848D

secondary

#C1483E

accent

#4638F0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#080F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16848D

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

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