#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
RGB	rgb(22, 137, 140)
HSL	hsl(182, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(182, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.3%, 2.1%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.78, -28.07, -10.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.78, 29.86, 199.95°)
OKLab	oklab(57.38% -0.0888 -0.0283)
OKLCH	oklch(57.38% 0.093 197.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.0080, 19.9536, 27.9190)
Luminance	0.1996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##16898C	1.00	4.21	4.99	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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