#16896B#16896B

#16896B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.107 H 169.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16896B
RGB	rgb(22, 137, 107)
HSL	hsl(164, 72%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(164, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.9%, 0%, 21.9%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.83, -37.72, 7.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.83, 38.48, 168.62°)
OKLab	oklab(56.28% -0.1049 0.0194)
OKLCH	oklch(56.28% 0.107 169.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.9289, 19.1219, 16.9693)
Luminance	0.1912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16896B #891634

analogous

#168931 #16896B #166D89

triadic

#16896B #6B1689 #896B16

tetradic

#16896B #311689 #891634 #6D8916

square

#16896B #311689 #891634 #6D8916

split-complementary

#16896B #89166D #893116

monochromatic

#052019 #0E5442 #16896B #1EBE94 #3ADFB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#16896B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#16896B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16896B

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16896B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16896B	1.00	4.35	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857F69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#77756D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16896b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 137, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.107 169.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6aac95',
    500: '#16896b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16896b;
$custom-light: #6aac95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16896b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.348,
    "s": 72.327,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5628,
    "c": 0.10668,
    "h": 169.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16896B

secondary

#BD3E5F

accent

#3968EF

background

#F6FAF9

surface

#ECF4F1

border

#C7CECB

text

#08100D

muted

#7A7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16896B

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

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