#16888C#16888C

#16888C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.093 H 198.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16888C
RGB	rgb(22, 136, 140)
HSL	hsl(182, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(182, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.3%, 2.9%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.46, -27.57, -10.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.46, 29.57, 201.16°)
OKLab	oklab(57.12% -0.0878 -0.0297)
OKLCH	oklch(57.12% 0.093 198.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.8665, 19.6706, 27.8718)
Luminance	0.1967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16888C #8C1A16

analogous

#168C55 #16888C #164D8C

triadic

#16888C #8C1688 #888C16

tetradic

#16888C #55168C #8C1A16 #4D8C16

square

#16888C #55168C #8C1A16 #4D8C16

split-complementary

#16888C #8C164D #8C5516

monochromatic

#052122 #0E5557 #16888C #1EBBC1 #3CDBE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#16888C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#16888C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16888C

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16888C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16888C	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)

#7D818C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E768D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16888c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 136, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.093 198.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6dabad',
    500: '#16888c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16888c;
$custom-light: #6dabad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16888c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.034,
    "s": 72.84,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57115,
    "c": 0.09265,
    "h": 198.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16888C

secondary

#C0433E

accent

#3E38F0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16888C

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

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