#16858D#16858D

#16858D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.091 H 202.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#16858D
RGBrgb(22, 133, 141)
HSLhsl(184, 73%, 32%)
HSVhsv(184, 84%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(84.4%, 5.7%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LABlab(50.53, -25.74, -12.66)
CIE-LCHlch(50.53, 28.69, 206.19°)
OKLaboklab(56.37% -0.0843 -0.0352)
OKLCHoklch(56.37% 0.091 202.7)
XYZxyz(13.5239, 18.8670, 28.1230)
Luminance0.1887 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#16858D #8D1E16
analogous
#168D5A #16858D #16498D
triadic
#16858D #8D1685 #858D16
tetradic
#16858D #5A168D #8D1E16 #498D16
square
#16858D #5A168D #8D1E16 #498D16
split-complementary
#16858D #8D1649 #8D5A16
monochromatic
#052123 #0E5358 #16858D #1EB7C2 #3DD6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40
#16858D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77
#16858D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16858D
4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##16858D#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##16858D1.004.404.774.77
#FFFFFF4.401.0021.0021.00
#0000004.7721.001.001.00
##0000004.7721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#7A7F8E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#6A738D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#008B87
Achromatopsia (no color)
#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #16858d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 133, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.091 202.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6da9ae',
    500: '#16858d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #16858d;
$custom-light: #6da9ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#16858d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.034,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56371,
    "c": 0.09135,
    "h": 202.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#16858D
secondary
#C1473E
accent
#4438F0
background
#F7FAFA
surface
#EDF4F4
border
#C8CECE
text
#081010
muted
#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16858D

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

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#16858D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva