#16897A#16897A

#16897A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.097 H 181.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16897A
RGB	rgb(22, 137, 122)
HSL	hsl(172, 72%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(172, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.9%, 0%, 10.9%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.23, -33.57, -0.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.23, 33.57, 180.92°)
OKLab	oklab(56.74% -0.0974 -0.002)
OKLCH	oklch(56.74% 0.097 181.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.7876, 19.4654, 21.4918)
Luminance	0.1947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16897A #891625

analogous

#168940 #16897A #165E89

triadic

#16897A #7A1689 #897A16

tetradic

#16897A #401689 #891625 #5E8916

square

#16897A #401689 #891625 #5E8916

split-complementary

#16897A #89165E #894016

monochromatic

#05201C #0E544B #16897A #1EBEA9 #3ADFCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#16897A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#16897A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16897A

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16897A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16897A	1.00	4.29	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828079

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#74767B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16897a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 137, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.097 181.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6baca0',
    500: '#16897a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16897a;
$custom-light: #6baca0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16897a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.174,
    "s": 72.327,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56738,
    "c": 0.0974,
    "h": 181.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16897A

secondary

#BD3E4E

accent

#3951EF

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16897A

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

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