#16858F#16858F

#16858F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.092 H 204.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16858F
RGB	rgb(22, 133, 143)
HSL	hsl(185, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(185, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.6%, 7%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.60, -25.08, -13.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.60, 28.59, 208.68°)
OKLab	oklab(56.45% -0.0834 -0.0382)
OKLCH	oklch(56.45% 0.092 204.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.6741, 18.9271, 28.9139)
Luminance	0.1893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16858F #8F2016

analogous

#168F5D #16858F #16488F

triadic

#16858F #8F1685 #858F16

tetradic

#16858F #5D168F #8F2016 #488F16

square

#16858F #5D168F #8F2016 #488F16

split-complementary

#16858F #8F1648 #8F5D16

monochromatic

#062225 #0E545A #16858F #1EB6C4 #3ED4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#16858F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#16858F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16858F

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16858F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16858F	1.00	4.39	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#797F90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#69738F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16858f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 133, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.092 204.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16858f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.959,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56451,
    "c": 0.09172,
    "h": 204.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16858F

secondary

#C14A3F

accent

#4738F0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16858F

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

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