#16888B#16888B

#16888B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.093 H 197.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16888B
RGB	rgb(22, 136, 139)
HSL	hsl(182, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(182, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.2%, 2.2%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.43, -27.89, -10.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.43, 29.68, 199.98°)
OKLab	oklab(57.08% -0.0882 -0.0282)
OKLCH	oklch(57.08% 0.093 197.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.7931, 19.6412, 27.4853)
Luminance	0.1964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16888B #8B1916

analogous

#168B54 #16888B #164E8B

triadic

#16888B #8B1688 #888B16

tetradic

#16888B #54168B #8B1916 #4E8B16

square

#16888B #54168B #8B1916 #4E8B16

split-complementary

#16888B #8B164E #8B5416

monochromatic

#052121 #0E5456 #16888B #1EBCC0 #3BDCE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#16888B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#16888B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16888B

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16888B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16888B	1.00	4.26	4.93	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E818B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E768C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16888b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 136, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.093 197.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6dabac',
    500: '#16888b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16888b;
$custom-light: #6dabac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16888b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.538,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57077,
    "c": 0.09262,
    "h": 197.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16888B

secondary

#BF413E

accent

#3D38EF

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16888B

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

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