#16878B#16878B

#16878B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.092 H 198.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16878B
RGB	rgb(22, 135, 139)
HSL	hsl(182, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(182, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.2%, 2.9%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.11, -27.40, -10.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.11, 29.38, 201.20°)
OKLab	oklab(56.82% -0.0872 -0.0295)
OKLCH	oklch(56.82% 0.092 198.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.6529, 19.3609, 27.4385)
Luminance	0.1936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16878B #8B1A16

analogous

#168B55 #16878B #164D8B

triadic

#16878B #8B1687 #878B16

tetradic

#16878B #55168B #8B1A16 #4D8B16

square

#16878B #55168B #8B1A16 #4D8B16

split-complementary

#16878B #8B164D #8B5516

monochromatic

#052021 #0E5456 #16878B #1EBAC0 #3BDAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#16878B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#16878B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16878B

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16878B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16878B	1.00	4.31	4.87	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D808B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D758C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16878b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 135, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.092 198.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6daaac',
    500: '#16878b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16878b;
$custom-light: #6daaac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16878b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.051,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56815,
    "c": 0.09209,
    "h": 198.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16878B

secondary

#BF423E

accent

#3F38EF

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16878B

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

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