#16898C#16898C

#16898C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.093 H 197.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#16898C
RGBrgb(22, 137, 140)
HSLhsl(182, 73%, 32%)
HSVhsv(182, 84%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(84.3%, 2.1%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LABlab(51.78, -28.07, -10.19)
CIE-LCHlch(51.78, 29.86, 199.95°)
OKLaboklab(57.38% -0.0888 -0.0283)
OKLCHoklch(57.38% 0.093 197.7)
XYZxyz(14.0080, 19.9536, 27.9190)
Luminance0.1996 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#16898C #8C1916
analogous
#168C54 #16898C #164E8C
triadic
#16898C #8C1689 #898C16
tetradic
#16898C #54168C #8C1916 #4E8C16
square
#16898C #54168C #8C1916 #4E8C16
split-complementary
#16898C #8C164E #8C5416
monochromatic
#052122 #0E5557 #16898C #1EBDC1 #3CDCE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21
#16898C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99
#16898C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16898C
4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##16898C#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##16898C1.004.214.994.99
#FFFFFF4.211.0021.0021.00
#0000004.9921.001.001.00
##0000004.9921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#7F828C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#6F778D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#008E8A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #16898c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 137, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.093 197.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6dacad',
    500: '#16898c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #16898c;
$custom-light: #6dacad;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#16898c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.525,
    "s": 72.84,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57377,
    "c": 0.09319,
    "h": 197.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#16898C
secondary
#C0413E
accent
#3D38F0
background
#F7FAFA
surface
#EDF4F4
border
#C8CECE
text
#081010
muted
#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16898C

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#16898C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva