#16888E#16888E

#16888E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.093 H 200.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16888E
RGB	rgb(22, 136, 142)
HSL	hsl(183, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(183, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 4.2%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.53, -26.93, -11.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.53, 29.37, 203.55°)
OKLab	oklab(57.19% -0.0868 -0.0326)
OKLCH	oklch(57.19% 0.093 200.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.0153, 19.7301, 28.6556)
Luminance	0.1973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16888E #8E1C16

analogous

#168E58 #16888E #164C8E

triadic

#16888E #8E1688 #888E16

tetradic

#16888E #58168E #8E1C16 #4C8E16

square

#16888E #58168E #8E1C16 #4C8E16

split-complementary

#16888E #8E164C #8E5816

monochromatic

#062224 #0E5559 #16888E #1EBBC3 #3DD9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#16888E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#16888E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16888E

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16888E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16888E	1.00	4.25	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D818F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D768E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16888e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 136, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.093 200.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6dabaf',
    500: '#16888e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16888e;
$custom-light: #6dabaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16888e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57193,
    "c": 0.09278,
    "h": 200.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16888E

secondary

#C1453F

accent

#4138F0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16888E

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

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