#16878E#16878E

#16878E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.092 H 201.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#16878E
RGBrgb(22, 135, 142)
HSLhsl(184, 73%, 32%)
HSVhsv(184, 85%, 56%)
CMYKcmyk(84.5%, 4.9%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LABlab(51.21, -26.42, -12.22)
CIE-LCHlch(51.21, 29.11, 204.82°)
OKLaboklab(56.93% -0.0858 -0.034)
OKLCHoklch(56.93% 0.092 201.6)
XYZxyz(13.8751, 19.4497, 28.6088)
Luminance0.1945 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#16878E #8E1D16
analogous
#168E59 #16878E #164B8E
triadic
#16878E #8E1687 #878E16
tetradic
#16878E #59168E #8E1D16 #4B8E16
square
#16878E #59168E #8E1D16 #4B8E16
split-complementary
#16878E #8E164B #8E5916
monochromatic
#062224 #0E5559 #16878E #1EB9C3 #3DD7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29
#16878E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89
#16878E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16878E
4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##16878E#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##16878E1.004.294.894.89
#FFFFFF4.291.0021.0021.00
#0000004.8921.001.001.00
##0000004.8921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#7C818F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#6C758E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#008D89
Achromatopsia (no color)
#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #16878e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 135, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.092 201.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6daaaf',
    500: '#16878e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #16878e;
$custom-light: #6daaaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#16878e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56932,
    "c": 0.09232,
    "h": 201.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#16878E
secondary
#C1463F
accent
#4338F0
background
#F7FAFA
surface
#EDF4F4
border
#C8CECE
text
#081010
muted
#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16878E

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#16878E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva