#16889D#16889D

#16889D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.097 H 214.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16889D
RGB	rgb(22, 136, 157)
HSL	hsl(189, 75%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(189, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86%, 13.4%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.08, -21.92, -19.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.08, 29.42, 221.83°)
OKLab	oklab(57.81% -0.0803 -0.0548)
OKLCH	oklch(57.81% 0.097 214.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.2182, 20.2113, 34.9908)
Luminance	0.2021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16889D #9D2B16

analogous

#169D6E #16889D #16459D

triadic

#16889D #9D1688 #889D16

tetradic

#16889D #6E169D #9D2B16 #459D16

square

#16889D #6E169D #9D2B16 #459D16

split-complementary

#16889D #9D1645 #9D6E16

monochromatic

#072B32 #0E5A67 #16889D #1EB6D3 #48CDE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#16889D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#16889D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16889D

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16889D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16889D	1.00	4.16	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#79839E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#68779D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16889d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 136, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.097 214.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fabba',
    500: '#16889d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16889d;
$custom-light: #6fabba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16889d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.333,
    "s": 75.419,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57814,
    "c": 0.09721,
    "h": 214.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16889D

secondary

#C75C48

accent

#5336F2

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #16889D

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

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