#16848E#16848E

#16848E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.091 H 204.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16848E
RGB	rgb(22, 132, 142)
HSL	hsl(185, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(185, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 7%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.24, -24.90, -13.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.24, 28.41, 208.78°)
OKLab	oklab(56.15% -0.0828 -0.0381)
OKLCH	oklch(56.15% 0.091 204.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.4624, 18.6244, 28.4713)
Luminance	0.1863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16848E #8E2016

analogous

#168E5C #16848E #16488E

triadic

#16848E #8E1684 #848E16

tetradic

#16848E #5C168E #8E2016 #488E16

square

#16848E #5C168E #8E2016 #488E16

split-complementary

#16848E #8E1648 #8E5C16

monochromatic

#062124 #0E5359 #16848E #1EB5C3 #3DD3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#16848E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#16848E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16848E

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16848E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16848E	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#787E8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#69738E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16848e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 132, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.091 204.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6da8af',
    500: '#16848e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16848e;
$custom-light: #6da8af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16848e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5615,
    "c": 0.09117,
    "h": 204.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16848E

secondary

#C14A3F

accent

#4738F0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#080F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16848E

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

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