#16897C#16897C

#16897C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.097 H 182.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16897C
RGB	rgb(22, 137, 124)
HSL	hsl(173, 72%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(173, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.9%, 0%, 9.5%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.28, -32.98, -1.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.28, 33.02, 182.81°)
OKLab	oklab(56.8% -0.0964 -0.0049)
OKLCH	oklch(56.8% 0.097 182.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.9128, 19.5155, 22.1512)
Luminance	0.1952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16897C #891623

analogous

#168942 #16897C #165C89

triadic

#16897C #7C1689 #897C16

tetradic

#16897C #421689 #891623 #5C8916

square

#16897C #421689 #891623 #5C8916

split-complementary

#16897C #89165C #894216

monochromatic

#05201D #0E544C #16897C #1EBEAC #3ADFCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#16897C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#16897C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16897C

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16897C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16897C	1.00	4.28	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.28	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)

#82807C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73767D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16897c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 137, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.097 182.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16897c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.217,
    "s": 72.327,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56804,
    "c": 0.09652,
    "h": 182.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16897C

secondary

#BD3E4C

accent

#394DEF

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100F

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16897C

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

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