#16878F#16878F

#16878F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.092 H 202.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16878F
RGB	rgb(22, 135, 143)
HSL	hsl(184, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(184, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.6%, 5.6%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.24, -26.10, -12.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.24, 29.05, 206.04°)
OKLab	oklab(56.97% -0.0854 -0.0355)
OKLCH	oklch(56.97% 0.092 202.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.9505, 19.4799, 29.0060)
Luminance	0.1948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16878F #8F1E16

analogous

#168F5B #16878F #164B8F

triadic

#16878F #8F1687 #878F16

tetradic

#16878F #5B168F #8F1E16 #4B8F16

square

#16878F #5B168F #8F1E16 #4B8F16

split-complementary

#16878F #8F164B #8F5B16

monochromatic

#062325 #0E555A #16878F #1EB9C4 #3ED7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#16878F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#16878F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16878F

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16878F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16878F	1.00	4.29	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8190

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C758F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16878f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 135, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.092 202.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6daaaf',
    500: '#16878f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16878f;
$custom-light: #6daaaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16878f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.967,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56972,
    "c": 0.09246,
    "h": 202.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16878F

secondary

#C1483F

accent

#4438F0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16878F

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

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