#16898D#16898D

#16898D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.093 H 198.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16898D
RGB	rgb(22, 137, 141)
HSL	hsl(182, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(182, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.4%, 2.8%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.82, -27.75, -10.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.82, 29.75, 201.13°)
OKLab	oklab(57.42% -0.0883 -0.0298)
OKLCH	oklch(57.42% 0.093 198.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.0820, 19.9832, 28.3091)
Luminance	0.1998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16898D #8D1A16

analogous

#168D56 #16898D #164E8D

triadic

#16898D #8D1689 #898D16

tetradic

#16898D #56168D #8D1A16 #4E8D16

square

#16898D #56168D #8D1A16 #4E8D16

split-complementary

#16898D #8D164E #8D5616

monochromatic

#052223 #0E5658 #16898D #1EBCC2 #3DDBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#16898D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#16898D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16898D

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16898D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16898D	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E828D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F778E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16898d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 137, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.093 198.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6dacae',
    500: '#16898d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16898d;
$custom-light: #6dacae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16898d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.017,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57415,
    "c": 0.0932,
    "h": 198.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16898D

secondary

#C1433E

accent

#3E38F0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16898D

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

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