#16858B#16858B

#16858B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.091 H 200.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16858B
RGB	rgb(22, 133, 139)
HSL	hsl(183, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(183, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.2%, 4.3%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.46, -26.39, -11.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.46, 28.83, 203.72°)
OKLab	oklab(56.29% -0.0852 -0.0322)
OKLCH	oklch(56.29% 0.091 200.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.3765, 18.8080, 27.3464)
Luminance	0.1881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16858B #8B1C16

analogous

#168B57 #16858B #164B8B

triadic

#16858B #8B1685 #858B16

tetradic

#16858B #57168B #8B1C16 #4B8B16

square

#16858B #57168B #8B1C16 #4B8B16

split-complementary

#16858B #8B164B #8B5716

monochromatic

#052021 #0E5256 #16858B #1EB8C0 #3BD8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#16858B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#16858B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16858B

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16858B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16858B	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A7F8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B738B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16858b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 133, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.091 200.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ca9ac',
    500: '#16858b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16858b;
$custom-light: #6ca9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16858b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.077,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56291,
    "c": 0.0911,
    "h": 200.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16858B

secondary

#BF453E

accent

#4238EF

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16858B

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

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