#16879D#16879D

#16879D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.097 H 215.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16879D
RGB	rgb(22, 135, 157)
HSL	hsl(190, 75%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(190, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86%, 14%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.76, -21.40, -20.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.76, 29.36, 223.22°)
OKLab	oklab(57.56% -0.0793 -0.0562)
OKLCH	oklch(57.56% 0.097 215.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.0780, 19.9309, 34.9441)
Luminance	0.1993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16879D #9D2C16

analogous

#169D70 #16879D #16439D

triadic

#16879D #9D1687 #879D16

tetradic

#16879D #70169D #9D2C16 #439D16

square

#16879D #70169D #9D2C16 #439D16

split-complementary

#16879D #9D1643 #9D7016

monochromatic

#072B32 #0E5967 #16879D #1EB5D3 #48CCE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#16879D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99

#16879D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16879D

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16879D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16879D	1.00	4.21	4.99	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#78829E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#67769D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16879d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 135, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.097 215.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6faaba',
    500: '#16879d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16879d;
$custom-light: #6faaba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16879d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.778,
    "s": 75.419,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57559,
    "c": 0.0972,
    "h": 215.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16879D

secondary

#C75D48

accent

#5436F2

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #16879D

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

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