#16888D#16888D

#16888D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.093 H 199.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16888D
RGB	rgb(22, 136, 141)
HSL	hsl(183, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(183, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.4%, 3.5%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.50, -27.25, -11.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.50, 29.46, 202.35°)
OKLab	oklab(57.15% -0.0873 -0.0312)
OKLCH	oklch(57.15% 0.093 199.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.9405, 19.7002, 28.2619)
Luminance	0.1970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16888D #8D1B16

analogous

#168D57 #16888D #164D8D

triadic

#16888D #8D1688 #888D16

tetradic

#16888D #57168D #8D1B16 #4D8D16

square

#16888D #57168D #8D1B16 #4D8D16

split-complementary

#16888D #8D164D #8D5716

monochromatic

#052223 #0E5558 #16888D #1EBBC2 #3DDAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#16888D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#16888D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16888D

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16888D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16888D	1.00	4.25	4.94	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D818D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D768E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16888d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 136, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.093 199.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6dabae',
    500: '#16888d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16888d;
$custom-light: #6dabae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16888d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.521,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57154,
    "c": 0.09269,
    "h": 199.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16888D

secondary

#C1443E

accent

#4038F0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16888D

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

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