#16878D#16878D

#16878D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.092 H 200.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16878D
RGB	rgb(22, 135, 141)
HSL	hsl(183, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(183, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.4%, 4.3%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.17, -26.75, -11.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.17, 29.19, 203.61°)
OKLab	oklab(56.89% -0.0863 -0.0325)
OKLCH	oklch(56.89% 0.092 200.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.8004, 19.4198, 28.2152)
Luminance	0.1942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16878D #8D1C16

analogous

#168D58 #16878D #164C8D

triadic

#16878D #8D1687 #878D16

tetradic

#16878D #58168D #8D1C16 #4C8D16

square

#16878D #58168D #8D1C16 #4C8D16

split-complementary

#16878D #8D164C #8D5816

monochromatic

#052223 #0E5458 #16878D #1EBAC2 #3DD8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#16878D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#16878D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16878D

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16878D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16878D	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)

#7C818E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C758D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16878d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 135, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.092 200.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6daaae',
    500: '#16878d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16878d;
$custom-light: #6daaae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16878d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.025,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56893,
    "c": 0.09222,
    "h": 200.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16878D

secondary

#C1453E

accent

#4138F0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16878D

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

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