#16897D#16897D

#16897D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.096 H 183.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16897D
RGB	rgb(22, 137, 125)
HSL	hsl(174, 72%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(174, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.9%, 0%, 8.8%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.31, -32.69, -2.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.31, 32.76, 183.78°)
OKLab	oklab(56.84% -0.0959 -0.0064)
OKLCH	oklch(56.84% 0.096 183.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.9764, 19.5409, 22.4859)
Luminance	0.1954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16897D #891622

analogous

#168943 #16897D #165B89

triadic

#16897D #7D1689 #897D16

tetradic

#16897D #431689 #891622 #5B8916

square

#16897D #431689 #891622 #5B8916

split-complementary

#16897D #89165B #894316

monochromatic

#05201D #0E544D #16897D #1EBEAD #3ADFCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#16897D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#16897D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16897D

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16897D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16897D	1.00	4.28	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82817D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73767E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16897d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 137, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.096 183.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6caca2',
    500: '#16897d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16897d;
$custom-light: #6caca2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16897d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.739,
    "s": 72.327,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56837,
    "c": 0.09612,
    "h": 183.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16897D

secondary

#BD3E4B

accent

#394CEF

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100F

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16897D

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

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