#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
RGB	rgb(22, 133, 141)
HSL	hsl(184, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(184, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.4%, 5.7%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.53, -25.74, -12.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.53, 28.69, 206.19°)
OKLab	oklab(56.37% -0.0843 -0.0352)
OKLCH	oklch(56.37% 0.091 202.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.5239, 18.8670, 28.1230)
Luminance	0.1887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##16858D	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)

#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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