#16858E#16858E

#16858E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.092 H 203.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16858E
RGB	rgb(22, 133, 142)
HSL	hsl(185, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(185, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 6.3%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.57, -25.41, -13.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.57, 28.63, 207.43°)
OKLab	oklab(56.41% -0.0838 -0.0367)
OKLCH	oklch(56.41% 0.092 203.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.5987, 18.8969, 28.5167)
Luminance	0.1890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16858E #8E1F16

analogous

#168E5B #16858E #16498E

triadic

#16858E #8E1685 #858E16

tetradic

#16858E #5B168E #8E1F16 #498E16

square

#16858E #5B168E #8E1F16 #498E16

split-complementary

#16858E #8E1649 #8E5B16

monochromatic

#062224 #0E5359 #16858E #1EB7C3 #3DD5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#16858E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#16858E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16858E

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16858E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16858E	1.00	4.39	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#797F8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A738E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16858e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 133, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.092 203.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6da9af',
    500: '#16858e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16858e;
$custom-light: #6da9af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16858e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56411,
    "c": 0.09152,
    "h": 203.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16858E

secondary

#C1493F

accent

#4638F0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16858E

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

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