#16878C#16878C

#16878C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.092 H 199.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16878C
RGB	rgb(22, 135, 140)
HSL	hsl(183, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(183, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.3%, 3.6%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.14, -27.07, -11.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.14, 29.28, 202.40°)
OKLab	oklab(56.85% -0.0868 -0.031)
OKLCH	oklch(56.85% 0.092 199.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.7263, 19.3902, 27.8251)
Luminance	0.1939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16878C #8C1B16

analogous

#168C56 #16878C #164C8C

triadic

#16878C #8C1687 #878C16

tetradic

#16878C #56168C #8C1B16 #4C8C16

square

#16878C #56168C #8C1B16 #4C8C16

split-complementary

#16878C #8C164C #8C5616

monochromatic

#052122 #0E5457 #16878C #1EBAC1 #3CD9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#16878C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#16878C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16878C

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16878C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16878C	1.00	4.30	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C808C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D758D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16878c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 135, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.092 199.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6daaad',
    500: '#16878c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16878c;
$custom-light: #6daaad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16878c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.542,
    "s": 72.84,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56854,
    "c": 0.09214,
    "h": 199.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16878C

secondary

#C0443E

accent

#4038F0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16878C

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

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