#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
RGB	rgb(22, 135, 142)
HSL	hsl(184, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(184, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 4.9%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.21, -26.42, -12.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.21, 29.11, 204.82°)
OKLab	oklab(56.93% -0.0858 -0.034)
OKLCH	oklch(56.93% 0.092 201.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.8751, 19.4497, 28.6088)
Luminance	0.1945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##16878E	1.00	4.29	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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