#16868D#16868D

#16868D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.092 H 201.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16868D
RGB	rgb(22, 134, 141)
HSL	hsl(184, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(184, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.4%, 5%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.85, -26.25, -12.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.85, 28.93, 204.88°)
OKLab	oklab(56.63% -0.0853 -0.0339)
OKLCH	oklch(56.63% 0.092 201.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.6615, 19.1421, 28.1689)
Luminance	0.1914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16868D #8D1D16

analogous

#168D58 #16868D #164B8D

triadic

#16868D #8D1686 #868D16

tetradic

#16868D #58168D #8D1D16 #4B8D16

square

#16868D #58168D #8D1D16 #4B8D16

split-complementary

#16868D #8D164B #8D5816

monochromatic

#052123 #0E5458 #16868D #1EB8C2 #3DD7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#16868D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#16868D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16868D

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16868D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16868D	1.00	4.35	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B808E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B748D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16868d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 134, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.092 201.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6da9ae',
    500: '#16868d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16868d;
$custom-light: #6da9ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16868d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.529,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56632,
    "c": 0.09177,
    "h": 201.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16868D

secondary

#C1463E

accent

#4338F0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16868D

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

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