#16897E#16897E

#16897E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.096 H 184.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16897E
RGB	rgb(22, 137, 126)
HSL	hsl(174, 72%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(174, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.9%, 0%, 8%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.34, -32.39, -2.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.34, 32.50, 184.76°)
OKLab	oklab(56.87% -0.0954 -0.0078)
OKLCH	oklch(56.87% 0.096 184.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.0406, 19.5666, 22.8240)
Luminance	0.1957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16897E #891621

analogous

#168944 #16897E #165A89

triadic

#16897E #7E1689 #897E16

tetradic

#16897E #441689 #891621 #5A8916

square

#16897E #441689 #891621 #5A8916

split-complementary

#16897E #89165A #894416

monochromatic

#05201D #0E544E #16897E #1EBEAE #3ADFD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#16897E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#16897E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16897E

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16897E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16897E	1.00	4.27	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.27	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)

#82817E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73767F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16897e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 137, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.096 184.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6caca3',
    500: '#16897e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16897e;
$custom-light: #6caca3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16897e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.261,
    "s": 72.327,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56871,
    "c": 0.09574,
    "h": 184.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16897E

secondary

#BD3E4A

accent

#394AEF

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F3

border

#C8CECD

text

#08100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16897E

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

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