#16868C#16868C

#16868C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.092 H 200.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16868C
RGB	rgb(22, 134, 140)
HSL	hsl(183, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(183, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.3%, 4.3%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.82, -26.57, -11.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.82, 29.01, 203.66°)
OKLab	oklab(56.59% -0.0858 -0.0324)
OKLCH	oklch(56.59% 0.092 200.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.5874, 19.1125, 27.7788)
Luminance	0.1911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16868C #8C1C16

analogous

#168C57 #16868C #164B8C

triadic

#16868C #8C1686 #868C16

tetradic

#16868C #57168C #8C1C16 #4B8C16

square

#16868C #57168C #8C1C16 #4B8C16

split-complementary

#16868C #8C164B #8C5716

monochromatic

#052122 #0E5357 #16868C #1EB9C1 #3CD8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#16868C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#16868C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16868C

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16868C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16868C	1.00	4.35	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.35	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)

#7B808D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B748C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16868c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 134, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.092 200.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6da9ad',
    500: '#16868c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16868c;
$custom-light: #6da9ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16868c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.051,
    "s": 72.84,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56592,
    "c": 0.09166,
    "h": 200.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16868C

secondary

#C0453E

accent

#4238F0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16868C

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

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