#16858C#16858C

#16858C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.091 H 201.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16858C
RGB	rgb(22, 133, 140)
HSL	hsl(184, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(184, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.3%, 5%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.50, -26.07, -12.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.50, 28.75, 204.95°)
OKLab	oklab(56.33% -0.0848 -0.0337)
OKLCH	oklch(56.33% 0.091 201.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.4499, 18.8374, 27.7330)
Luminance	0.1884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16858C #8C1D16

analogous

#168C58 #16858C #164A8C

triadic

#16858C #8C1685 #858C16

tetradic

#16858C #58168C #8C1D16 #4A8C16

square

#16858C #58168C #8C1D16 #4A8C16

split-complementary

#16858C #8C164A #8C5816

monochromatic

#052122 #0E5357 #16858C #1EB7C1 #3CD7E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#16858C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#16858C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16858C

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16858C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16858C	1.00	4.40	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A7F8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A738C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16858c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 133, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.091 201.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ca9ad',
    500: '#16858c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16858c;
$custom-light: #6ca9ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16858c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.559,
    "s": 72.84,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56331,
    "c": 0.09122,
    "h": 201.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16858C

secondary

#C0463E

accent

#4338F0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16858C

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

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