#16868B#16868B

#16868B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.092 H 199.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16868B
RGB	rgb(22, 134, 139)
HSL	hsl(183, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(183, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.2%, 3.6%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.78, -26.90, -11.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.78, 29.10, 202.44°)
OKLab	oklab(56.55% -0.0862 -0.0309)
OKLCH	oklch(56.55% 0.092 199.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.5140, 19.0831, 27.3922)
Luminance	0.1908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16868B #8B1B16

analogous

#168B56 #16868B #164C8B

triadic

#16868B #8B1686 #868B16

tetradic

#16868B #56168B #8B1B16 #4C8B16

square

#16868B #56168B #8B1B16 #4C8B16

split-complementary

#16868B #8B164C #8B5616

monochromatic

#052021 #0E5356 #16868B #1EB9C0 #3BD9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#16868B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#16868B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16868B

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16868B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16868B	1.00	4.36	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B7F8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C748C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16868b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 134, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.092 199.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6da9ac',
    500: '#16868b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16868b;
$custom-light: #6da9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16868b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.564,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56553,
    "c": 0.09158,
    "h": 199.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16868B

secondary

#BF443E

accent

#4038EF

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16868B

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

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