#16868E#16868E

#16868E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.092 H 202.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16868E
RGB	rgb(22, 134, 142)
HSL	hsl(184, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(184, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 5.6%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.89, -25.92, -12.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.89, 28.87, 206.11°)
OKLab	oklab(56.67% -0.0848 -0.0353)
OKLCH	oklch(56.67% 0.092 202.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.7362, 19.1720, 28.5625)
Luminance	0.1917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16868E #8E1E16

analogous

#168E5A #16868E #164A8E

triadic

#16868E #8E1686 #868E16

tetradic

#16868E #5A168E #8E1E16 #4A8E16

square

#16868E #5A168E #8E1E16 #4A8E16

split-complementary

#16868E #8E164A #8E5A16

monochromatic

#062224 #0E5459 #16868E #1EB8C3 #3DD6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#16868E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#16868E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16868E

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16868E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16868E	1.00	4.34	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.34	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)

#7B808F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B748E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16868e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 134, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.092 202.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6da9af',
    500: '#16868e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16868e;
$custom-light: #6da9af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16868e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56671,
    "c": 0.09191,
    "h": 202.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16868E

secondary

#C1473F

accent

#4438F0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16868E

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

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