#16897B#16897B

#16897B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.097 H 182.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16897B
RGB	rgb(22, 137, 123)
HSL	hsl(173, 72%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(173, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.9%, 0%, 10.2%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.26, -33.28, -1.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.26, 33.29, 181.86°)
OKLab	oklab(56.77% -0.0969 -0.0035)
OKLCH	oklch(56.77% 0.097 182)
XYZ	xyz(12.8499, 19.4903, 21.8198)
Luminance	0.1949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16897B #891624

analogous

#168941 #16897B #165D89

triadic

#16897B #7B1689 #897B16

tetradic

#16897B #411689 #891624 #5D8916

square

#16897B #411689 #891624 #5D8916

split-complementary

#16897B #89165D #894116

monochromatic

#05201C #0E544C #16897B #1EBEAA #3ADFCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#16897B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#16897B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16897B

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16897B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16897B	1.00	4.29	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82807A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#74767C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16897b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 137, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.097 182.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6baca1',
    500: '#16897b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16897b;
$custom-light: #6baca1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16897b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.696,
    "s": 72.327,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56771,
    "c": 0.09695,
    "h": 182
  },
  "luminance": 0.19492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16897B

secondary

#BD3E4D

accent

#394FEF

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16897B

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

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